Abstract
The processes of interpretation, communication, and re-interpretation leads to the emergence of an approximated collective consciousness, for which it may be struggled and contested by hegemonic. The dominant forces of this contest, capitalism and nationalism, lead to an interdivided world: one that possesses the tools to empathize with each other but is instead leading people to keep their heads down and focus on surviving their own contexts, perceived as existing within different historical times on the same timeline. This leads to legal and justice systems that fail their claim to universality and/or impartiality. Incorporating an ecological lens to justice within the framework of political ontology’s pluriverse would render it a highly relational affair, with an emphasis on dialogue between individuals and communities. Taken to the arena of degrowth as one radical approach that may be operationalized within the pluriverse, pluriversal eco-justice may lean on the ethics of care as a relational jurisprudential foundation for lawmaking that is conducive to healthy environmentalism. Ultimately, I argue for adopting political ontology as a practice, collective consciousness as an analytical framework, and eco- justice concerns and approaches as its subject, using degrowth as a concluding case study with the aim of bringing together cross-cutting scholarships that can be utilized in the struggle to avoid ecological collapse. By bringing these threads together I hope to begin the process of laying the groundwork to build an intellectual foundation for an alliance between degrowth advocates, pluversalists, difference feminists, eco-justice scholars, and, broadly, critical theorists interested in ecological issues.
School
School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Department
Law Department
Degree Name
LLM in International and Comparative Law
Graduation Date
Fall 2-15-2026
Submission Date
1-28-2026
First Advisor
Hani Sayed
Committee Member 1
Hanan Sabea
Committee Member 2
Martina Rieker
Extent
117 p.
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Institutional Review Board (IRB) Approval
Not necessary for this item
Disclosure of AI Use
Other
Other use of AI
General background research and brainstorming.
Recommended Citation
APA Citation
Auf, O.
(2026).Navigating Radical Indeterminacy in The Struggle for A Global Collective Consciousness: The Question of Eco-Justice and Law or Universalize the Pluriverse: A Manifesto, More or Less [Master's Thesis, the American University in Cairo]. AUC Knowledge Fountain.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/2705
MLA Citation
Auf, Omar. Navigating Radical Indeterminacy in The Struggle for A Global Collective Consciousness: The Question of Eco-Justice and Law or Universalize the Pluriverse: A Manifesto, More or Less. 2026. American University in Cairo, Master's Thesis. AUC Knowledge Fountain.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/2705
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