Facing the Anthropocene : Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System /

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"Science tells us that a new and dangerous stage in planetary evolution has begun--the Anthropocene, a time of rising temperatures, extreme weather, rising oceans, and mass species extinctions. Humanity faces not just more pollution or warmer weather, but a crisis of the Earth System. If busine...

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Autor principal: Angus, Ian, 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Monthly Review Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Global environmental change > Social aspects.
Capitalism > Environmental aspects.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
Changement global (Environnement) > Aspect social.
Changement global (Environnement) > Aspect economique.
Homme > Influence sur la nature.
Global environmental change > Economic aspects.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART ONE: A NO-ANALOG STATE
  • 1. A Second Copernican Revolution
  • 2. The Great Acceleration
  • 3. When Did the Anthropocene Begin?
  • 4. Tipping Points, Climate Chaos, and Planetary Boundaries
  • 5. The First Near-Catastrophe
  • 6. A New (and Deadly) Climate Regime
  • PART TWO: FOSSIL CAPITALISM
  • 7. Capital's Time vs. Nature's Time
  • 8. The Making of Fossil Capitalism
  • 9. War, Class Struggle, and Cheap Oil
  • 10. Accelerating into the Anthropocene
  • 11. We Are Not All in This Together
  • PART THREE: THE ALTERNATIVE
  • 12. Ecosocialism and Human Solidarity
  • 13. The Movement We Need
  • Appendix: Confusions and Misconceptions.

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