The Shock of the Anthropocene - The Earth, History and Us
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| Verlag | Verso |
| Auflage | 2017 |
| Seiten | 320 |
| Format | 13,0 x 20,1 x 2,4 cm |
| Gewicht | 252 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 1784785032 |
| EAN | 9781784785031 |
| Bestell-Nr | 78478503UA |
The Earth has entered a new epoch: the Anthropocene. What we are facing is not only an environmental crisis, but a geological revolution of human origin. In two centuries, our planet has tipped into a state unknown for millions of years.
How did we get to this point? Refuting the convenient view of a "human species" that upset the Earth system, unaware of what it was doing, this book proposes the first critical history of the Anthropocene, shaking up many accepted ideas: about our supposedly recent "environmental awareness," about previous challenges to industrialism, about the manufacture of ignorance and consumerism, about so-called energy transitions, as well as about the role of the military in environmental destruction. In a dialogue between science and history, The Shock of the Anthropocene dissects a new theoretical buzzword and explores paths for living and acting politically in this rapidly developing geological epoch
Rezension:
At a time when the word 'Anthropocene' is becoming so fashionable, this well-documented and well-argued book will help readers sort out the various meanings of this most unstable label. The authors show the bewildering varieties of historical actors at work in what is called the 'environmental crisis'. Bruno Latour
