Takes the singular eco-catastrophic "Age of Man" and redefines this epoch
We live in a new world: the Anthropocene. The Age of Man is defined in many ways, and most dramatically through climate change, mass extinction, and human marks in the geological record. Ideas of the Anthropocene spill out from the geophysical sciences into the humanities, social sciences, the arts, and mainstream debates-but it's hard to know what the new coinage really means. Break Up the Anthropocene argues that this age should subvert imperial masculinity and industrial conquest by opening up the plural possibilities of Anthropocene debates of resilience, adaptation, and the struggle for environmental justice.
Forerunners: Ideas First
Short books of thought-in-process scholarship, where intense analysis, questioning, and speculation take the lead
| ISBN: | 9781517908621 |
| Publication date: | 29th May 2019 |
| Author: | Steve Mentz |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press an imprint of University Of Minnesota Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 86 pages |
| Series: | Forerunners: Ideas First |
| Genres: |
Literary theory Impact of science and technology on society |
Takes the singular eco-catastrophic "Age of Man" and redefines this epoch
We live in a new world: the Anthropocene. The Age of Man is defined in many ways, and most dramatically through climate change, mass extinction, and human marks in the geological record. Ideas of the Anthropocene spill out from the geophysical sciences into the humanities, social sciences, the arts, and mainstream debates-but it's hard to know what the new coinage really means. Break Up the Anthropocene argues that this age should subvert imperial masculinity and industrial conquest by opening up the plural possibilities of Anthropocene debates of resilience, adaptation, and the struggle for environmental justice.
Forerunners: Ideas First
Short books of thought-in-process scholarship, where intense analysis, questioning, and speculation take the lead
Break Up the Anthropocene features in the following genres: Literary theory, Impact of science and technology on society
Break Up the Anthropocene is available in Paperback
Break Up the Anthropocene was written by Steve Mentz and published by University of Minnesota Press an imprint of University Of Minnesota Press
Break Up the Anthropocene has 86 pages
Yes it is part of Forerunners: Ideas First series
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