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Shock of the Anthropocene, The

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Shock of the Anthropocene, The

SKU: 9781784785031 Category: Product ID: 30860

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Title: Shock of the Anthropocene, The
Author: BONNEUIL CHRISTOPHE
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 29/03/2017
Imprint: VERSO
Price: $23.00
Publishing status: Active

The Earth has entered a new epoch: the Anthropocene. What we are facing is not only an environmental crisis, but a geological revolution of human origin. In two centuries, our planet has tipped into a state unknown for millions of years. How did we get to this point? Refuting the convenient view of a ‘human species’ that upset the Earth system, unaware of what it was doing, this book proposes the first critical history of the Anthropocene, shaking up many accepted ideas: about our supposedly recent ‘environmental awareness,’ about previous challenges to industrialism, about the manufacture of ignorance and consumerism, about so-called energy transitions, as well as about the role of the military in environmental destruction. In a dialogue between science and history, The Shock of the Anthropocene dissects a new theoretical buzzword and explores paths for living and acting politically in this rapidly developing geological epoch.

ISBN: 9781784785031
Dimension: 198mm X 129mm
Pages: 208

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Dimensions 198 × 129 mm