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100 1 _aDryzek, John S.,
_d1953-
245 1 4 _aThe politics of the anthropocene /
_cJohn S. Dryzek, Jonathan Pickering
250 _aFirst edition.
260 _aOxford :
_bOUP,
_c2019
300 _avi, 196 pages :
_billustrations,
_c24 cm
500 _aSIP1904
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 163-185) and index.
520 8 _aThe Politics of the Anthropocene' is a sophisticated yet accessible treatment of how human institutions, practices, and principles need to be re-thought in response to the challenges of the Anthropocene, the emerging epoch of human-induced instability in the Earth system and its life-support capacities. However, the world remains stuck with practices and modes of thinking that were developed in the Holocene - the epoch of around 12,000 years of unusual stability in the Earth system, toward the end of which modern institutions such as states and capitalist markets arose. These institutions persist despite their potentially catastrophic failure to respond to the challenges of the Anthropocene, foremost among them a rapidly changing climate and accelerating0biodiversity loss. The pathological trajectories of these institutions need to be disrupted by advancing ecological reflexivity: the capacity of structures, systems, and sets of ideas to question their own core commitments, and if necessary change themselves, while listening and responding effectively to signals from the Earth system.0 This book envisages a world in which humans are no longer estranged from the Earth system but engage with it in a more productive relationship. We can still pursue democracy, social justice, and sustainability - but not as before. In future, all politics should be first and foremost a politics of the Anthropocene. The arguments are developed in the context of issues such as climate change, biodiversity, and global efforts to address sustainability.
650 0 _aenvironment
_xecology
653 _ahuman ecology
653 _aHolocene Geologic Period
653 _aeffect of human beings on nature
653 _ageology, stratigraphic
700 1 _aPickering, Jonathan
852 _h502.5 Dryzek
942 _cMONO
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