Anthropocene Encounters: New Directions in Green Political Thinking

ISBN-13: 9781108740418 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 260 str.

Frank Biermann; Eva Lovbrand

Opis

Explores the significance of the Anthropocene for environmental politics, analysing political concepts in view of contemporary environmental challenges.

Recenzje

'… by discussing how the Anthropocene relates to contemporary political concepts such as democracy, power, and time, this collection opens up to multifaceted trajectories taking into consideration pluralist and critical perspectives.' L. A. Reisch and F. C. Doebbe, Journal of Consumer Policy

Spis treści

List of figures; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Encountering the 'Anthropocene': setting the scene Frank Biermann and Eva Lövbrand; Part I. The Conceptual Politics of the Anthropocene: Science, Philosophy, and Culture: 2. The 'Anthropocene' in global change science: expertise, the Earth, and the future of humanity Noel Castree; 3. The 'Anthropocene' in philosophy: the neo-material Turn and the question of nature Manuel Arias-Maldonado; 4. The 'Anthropocene' in popular culture: narrating human agency, force and our place on Earth Alexandra Nikoleris, Johannes Stripple and Paul Tenngart; Part II. Key Concepts and the Anthropocene: A Reconsideration: 5. Power, world politics and thing-systems in the Anthropocene Anthony Burke and Stefanie Fishel; 6. Time and politics in the Anthropocene: to fast, too slow? Victor Galaz; 7. Democracy in the Anthropocene Ayşem Mert; 8. Global justice and the Anthropocene: reproducing a development story Jeremy Baskin; Part III. The Practices of Political Study in the Anthropocene: 9. The 'Good Anthropocene' and green political theory: rethinking environmentalism, resisting ecomodernism Anne Fremaux and John Barry; 10. Co-producing knowledge and politics of the Anthropocene: the case of the future Earth program Silke Beck; 11. The ethics of political research in the Anthropocene Paul Wapner; 12. Epilogue: continuity and change in the Anthropocene James Meadowcroft; Index.