Deep Time, Dark Times : On Being Geologically Human
The new geological epoch we call the Anthropocene is not just a scientific classification. It marks a radical transformation in the background conditions of life on Earth, one taken for granted by much of who we are and what we hope for. Never before has a species possessed both a geological-scale g...
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2018.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Deep Time, Dark Times; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; 1. Herding the Cats of Deep Time; 2. Who Do We Think We Are?; 3. Cosmic Passions; 4. Thinking Geologically after Nietzsche; 5. Angst and Attunement; 6. The Present Age: A Case Study; 7. Posthumanist Responsibility; 8. The New Materialism; 9. The Unthinkable and the Impossible; 10. What Is to Be Done? Democracy and Beyond; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index.