Gaiapolitik is Nathan Gardels's word for a politics aimed at a livable biosphere for all, in place of the old realpolitik of securing national interests. I quote it with approval. It's his term, though, and I've kept it that way.
How the word moved
I quoted it from Noema in August 2025, in the ninth Pauper essay, as an outside name for what I'd been calling planetary politics. It's nice to have company.
In my words
"This new condition calls not for the old “realpolitik” that seeks to secure the interests of nation-states against each other but for a “Gaiapolitik” ..."
from Bhumics: The Pauper #9, 6 Aug 2025
Related
- Related Planetary Politics - Gaiapolitik is someone else's name for it.
- Related Gaia - It makes Gaia a political figure.
- Related Gilman and Blake - They write in the same Noema and Berggruen circle.
Still open
I quoted it and never adopted it as my own term. I haven't decided whether I should.