The shock of the Anthropocene :
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: London : Verso, 2017Description: 208 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781784785031 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Human ecology | Nature -- Effect of human beings on | Global environmental change | Environment and EcologyDDC classification: 304.2 LOC classification: GF75 | .B67 2017Summary: 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 a 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.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Books | Main Library Non-Fiction - General Stacks | 304.2 .B717 2017 | Available | 31334 |
Translated from the French.
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 a 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.