The Shock of the Anthropocene - The Earth, History and Us (Paperback)

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

General

Imprint:	Verso Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2017
Authors:	Christophe Bonneuil • Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Translators:	David Fernbach
Dimensions:	198 x 128 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	306
ISBN-13:	978-1-78478-503-1
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmentalist thought & ideology Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	1-78478-503-2
Barcode:	9781784785031

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