A critical theory for the Anthropocene / Nathanaël Wallenhorst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallenhorst, Nathanaël, author.

Series:

Anthropocene (Cham, Switzerland)

Anthropocene -- Humanities and Social Sciences, 2731-6351

Standardized Title:

Une théorie critique pour l'Anthropocène. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Social ecology--Philosophy.

Social ecology.

Human ecology--Philosophy.

Human ecology.

Geology, Stratigraphic--Anthropocene.

Geology, Stratigraphic.

Holocene.

Physical Description:

xvii, 462 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2023]

Summary:

This volume, which is rooted in biogeophysical studies, addresses conceptions of political action in the Anthropocene and the tension between a desire to accomplish the Promethean project of modernity and a post-Promethean approach. This work explores the idea of an anthropological mutation of political consolidation from a "post-Promethean togetherness", to creating the capacity to act together. The political thinking of the human condition developed by Hannah Arendt is important here as a resource for thinking about humanity in terms of human adventure. This has three dimensions: hubris, the world and coexistence referring respectively to the logic of profit of the homo oeconomicus, the logic of responsibility of the homo collectivus and the logic of the hospitality of the homo religatus. The intellectual and political attitude outlined in this book is an extension of critical theory: the work also puts forward a critique of what poses a problem in our relationship to the world and suggests how to overcome it, the ultimate goal being social transformation. The author propose an uprising and an anthropological consolidation of politics based on the revitalization that is brought about by the sharing of a conviviality both between humans and with what is non-human. The identification of conviviality as an educational paradigm to survive the Anthropocene gives us the much needed reason for hope despite this heritage of the Anthropocene. In addition to Arendtian thinking, this critical theory for the Anthropocene draws on the political thinking of several contemporary authors including Maurice Bellet, Hartmut Rosa, Andreas Weber, Dominique Bourg, and Christian Arnsperger. This volume is of interest to researchers in the Anthropocene.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3031377370

9783031377372

OCLC:

1381443310

Publisher Number:

99994764673