Langille, Caleb2013-04-222013-04-2220132013-04-22http://hdl.handle.net/1828/4539This thesis brings the philosophies of Jean-Luc Nancy, Slavoj Zizek and Bruno Latour into conversation around the cynosure of ecological rhetoric. It argues for a renewed contemplation of political ecology, one that relinquishes the concept of Nature in favour of the overtly politicized notion of a world in common. By tracing, for the first time, the intersections between these three thinkers’ respective philosophies of nature, this thesis strives to articulate a philosophical framework that can live up to the ecological challenges of the contemporary Anthropocene.enSlavoj ZizekBruno LatourJean-Luc NancyPolitics of NaturePolitical EcologyThesisAvailable to the World Wide Web