Dump Philosophy - A Phenomenology of Devastation (Hardcover)

Ranging across philosophy, theology, ecology, psychology, and art, in Dump Philosophy Michael Marder argues that the earth, along with everything that lives and thinks on it, is at an advanced stage of being converted into a dump for industrial output and its by-products feeding consumerism and its excesses. Every day, scientific studies, media reports, and first-hand accounts of the rapidly deteriorating state of the environment hit us with a growing and disconcerting force. Trends such as microplastics in water, airborne toxins, topsoil degradation, and dangerous levels of carbon dioxide have upset the delicate ecological balance that has until now been sustaining life on the planet. Marder's original treatise paints a portrait of the Anthropocene as a global dump which wreaks havoc, causing disease and degrading our sensation, perception, and thinking, so that nuance is lost and ideas are reduced to soundbites in chains of free association. Describing the dump's fundamental characteristics and its effects on the body and the mind, he contemplates wider physiological, social, economic, and environmental metabolisms in the age of dumping, as well as the role of philosophy caught in its crosshairs. While surveying the devastation that is the reality of the twenty-first century, the book provides a frightening and yet intellectually spellbinding glimpse of the future.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2020
Authors:	Michael Marder
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-1-350-17059-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Social impact of environmental issues > General Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	1-350-17059-3
Barcode:	9781350170599

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