The Shock of the Anthropocene

The Shock of the Anthropocene
Authors
Bonneuil, Christophe & Fressoz, Jean-Baptiste
Publisher
Verso
Tags
philosophy , history , science , politics
ISBN
9781784780791
Date
2013-10-25T00:00:00+00:00
Size
1.93 MB
Lang
en
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**Dissecting the new theoretical buzzword of the "Anthropocene"**

The Earth has entered a new epoch: the Anthropocene. What we are facing is not only an environmental crisis, but a geological revolution of human origin. In two centuries, our planet has tipped into a state unknown for millions of years.

How did we get to this point? Refuting the convenient view of a "human species" that upset the Earth system, unaware of what it was doing, this book proposes the first critical history of the Anthropocene, shaking up many accepted ideas: about our supposedly recent "environmental awareness," about previous challenges to industrialism, about the manufacture of ignorance and consumerism, about so-called energy transitions, as well as about the role of the military in environmental destruction. In a dialogue between science and history, *The Shock of the Anthropocene* dissects a new theoretical buzzword and explores paths for living and acting politically in this rapidly developing geological epoch.