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Facing the Anthropocene - Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System (Hardcover)
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Facing the Anthropocene - Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System (Hardcover)
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Science tells us that a new and dangerous stage in planetary
evolution has begun the Anthropocene, a time of rising
temperatures, extreme weather, rising oceans, and mass species
extinctions. Humanity faces not just more pollution or warmer
weather, but a crisis of the Earth System. If business as usual
continues, this century will be marked by rapid deterioration of
our physical, social, and economic environment. Large parts of
Earth will become uninhabitable, and civilization itself will be
threatened. Facing the Anthropocene shows what has caused this
planetary emergency, and what we must do to meet the
challenge.Bridging the gap between Earth System science and
ecological Marxism, Ian Angus examines not only the latest
scientific findings about the physical causes and consequences of
the Anthropocene transition, but also the social and economic
trends that underlie the crisis. Cogent and compellingly written,
Facing the Anthropocene offers a unique synthesis of natural and
social science that illustrates how capitalism's inexorable drive
for growth, powered by the rapid burning of fossil fuels that took
millions of years to form, has driven our world to the brink of
disaster.Survival in the Anthropocene, Angus argues, requires
radical social change, replacing fossil capitalism with a new,
ecosocialist civilization. "
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