Shock of the Anthropocene e-bog
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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 "e;human species"e; that upset the Earth system, unaware of what it was doing, this book...
E-bog
78,54 DKK
Forlag
Verso
Udgivet
12 januar 2016
Længde
320 sider
Genrer
Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781784780821
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 "e;human species"e; 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 "e;environmental awareness,"e; 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