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Theory of the Earth (Hardcover)
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Theory of the Earth (Hardcover)
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We need a new philosophy of the earth. Geological time used to
refer to slow and gradual processes, but today we are watching land
sink into the sea and forests transform into deserts. We can even
see the creation of new geological strata made of plastic, chicken
bones, and other waste that could remain in the fossil record for
millennia or longer. Crafting a philosophy of geology that rewrites
natural and human history from the broader perspective of movement,
Thomas Nail provides a new materialist, kinetic ethics of the earth
that speaks to this moment. Climate change and other ecological
disruptions challenge us to reconsider the deep history of
minerals, atmosphere, plants, and animals and to take a more
process-oriented perspective that sees humanity as part of the
larger cosmic and terrestrial drama of mobility and flow. Building
on his earlier work on the philosophy of movement, Nail argues that
we should shift our biocentric emphasis from conservation to
expenditure, flux, and planetary diversity. Theory of the Earth
urges us to rethink our ethical relationship to one another, the
planet, and the cosmos at large.
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