The Anthropocene and the Humanities: From Climate Change to a New Age of Sustainability (The Future Series)

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A wide-ranging and original introduction to the Anthropocene that offers fresh, theoretical insights bridging the sciences and the humanities
From noted environmental historian Carolyn Merchant, this book focuses on the original concept of the Anthropocene first proposed by Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer in their foundational 2000 paper. It undertakes a broad investigation into the ways in which science, technology, and the humanities can create a new and compelling awareness of human impacts on the environment.
Using history, art, literature, religion, philosophy, ethics, and justice as the focal points, Merchant traces key figures and developments in the humanities throughout the Anthropocene era and explores how these disciplines might influence sustainability in the next century. Wide-ranging and accessible, this book from an eminent scholar in environmental history and philosophy argues for replacing the Age of the Anthropocene with a new Age of Sustainability.
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B086MBMZC7
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 14, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 21.3 MB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 231 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300252712
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Part of series ‏ : ‎ The Future Series
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