The Shock of the Anthropocene - The Earth, History and Us
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32,99 €
| 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 |
Dissecting the new theoretical buzzword of the "Anthropocene"
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 develo ping geological epoch.