Anthropocene encounters : new directions in green political thinking / edited by Frank Biermann, Eva Lövbrand.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biermann, Frank, 1967- editor.

Lövbrand, Eva, editor.

Series:

Earth system governance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--Political aspects.

Human ecology.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--Political aspects.

Nature.

Green movement--Political aspects.

Green movement.

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Physical Description:

xiv, 246 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Contents:

Encountering the "anthropocene": setting the scene

The conceptual politics of the anthropocene: science, philosophy and culture

The "anthropocene" in global change science: expertise, the earth, and the future of humanity

The "anthropocene" in philosophy: the neo-material turn and the question of nature

The "anthropocene" in popular culture: narrating human agency, force and our place on earth

Key concepts and the anthropocene: a reconsideration

Power, world politics and thing-systems in the anthropocene

Time and politics in the anthropocene: too fast, too slow?

Democracy in the anthropocene: a new scale

Global justice and the anthropocene: reproducing a development story

The practices of political study in the anthropocene

The "good anthropocene" and green political theory: rethinking environmentalism, resisting ecomodernism

Co-producing knowledge and politics of the anthropocene: the case of the future earth program

The ethics of political research in the anthropocene

Epilogue: continuity and change in the anthropocene

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108481175

1108481175

9781108740418

1108740413

OCLC:

1084301787

Publisher Number:

99980320843