Urgency in the anthropocene / Amanda H. Lynch and Siri Veland
Language: English Publication details: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2018Description: xii, 238 pages : illustrations, 24 cmISBN:- 9780262038706
- 0262038706
- 9780262535762
- 0262535769
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-234) and index.
Whose Anthropocene? -- Urgency manifest -- Urgent policy -- Urgent governance -- Coexistence.
"Is this the Anthropocene, the age in which humans have become a geological force, leaving indelible signs of their activities on the earth? The narrative of the Anthropocene so far is characterized by extremes, emergencies, and exceptions--a tale of apocalypse by our own hands. The sense of ongoing crisis emboldens policy and governance responses that challenge established systems of sovereignty and law. The once unacceptable--geoengineering technology, for example, or authoritarian decision making--are now anticipated and even demanded by some. To counter this, Amanda Lynch and Siri Veland propose a reframing of the Anthropocene--seeing it not as a race against catastrophe but as an age of emerging coexistence with earth system variability."--Page 4 of cover.
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