Hope and Grief in the Anthropocene - Re-conceptualising human-nature relations (Hardcover)

The Anthropocene is a volatile and potentially catastrophic age demanding new ways of thinking about relations between humans and the nonhuman world. This book explores how responses to environmental challenges are hampered by a grief for a pristine and certain past, rather than considering the scale of the necessary socioeconomic change for a 'future' world. Conceptualisations of human-nature relations must recognise both human power and its embeddedness within material relations. Hope is a risky and complex process of possibility that carries painful emotions; it is something to be practised rather than felt. As centralised governmental solutions regarding climate change appear insufficient, intellectual and practical resources can be derived from everyday understandings and practices. Empirical examples from rural and urban contexts and with diverse research participants - indigenous communities, climate scientists, weed managers, suburban householders - help us to consider capacity, vulnerability and hope in new ways.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in the Anthropocene
Release date:	March 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Lesley Head
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	182
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-82644-1
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmentalist thought & ideology
LSN:	1-138-82644-8
Barcode:	9781138826441

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