Is the Anthropocene Conniving with Capital
Water Priva(tisa)tion and Ontology Reimagined in Karen Jayes’ For the Mercy of Water
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19005046 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Aghoghovwia (0000-0003-1896-7394, University of the Free State, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 434-450 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interventions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-801X • E-ISSN: 1469-929X |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1369801x.2021.2015704 |
| OpenAlex | W4206213338 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
This essay examines the representation of water in Karen Jayes’ debut novel For the Mercy of Water. It focuses on the alternative ontologies imagined as a means of engaging the commons when an essential resource of the commons, water, becomes scarce, privatized and commodified. The essay draws on Sarah Nuttall’s idea of “Pluvial Time”, a moment of intense rain, as a temporal marker, to plot the emergence of the dispensation in which capital extends its doctrine of privatization to water in Jayes’ text. Further, it discusses how this regime of water privatization results in a confounding war that manifests in a variety of ways: the degraded body and the eroded community. The essay concludes by considering ways in which the commons might be reconstituted in response to commodified water
Anthropocene · Archaeology · Environmental ethics · Geography · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |