An ecology of bad ideas: approaching human relations with wider nature from an ecological-complexity perspective

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  • Emma Hay Nelson Mandela University

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https://doi.org/10.38140/aa.v56i2.8974

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ecological-complexity, ecologics, growthmanship, economism, negative capability

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2024-12-28

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Hay, E. . (2024). An ecology of bad ideas: approaching human relations with wider nature from an ecological-complexity perspective. Acta Academica: Critical Views on Society, Culture and Politics, 56(2), 96–115. https://doi.org/10.38140/aa.v56i2.8974