Defiant earth : the fate of humans in the anthropocene
Hamilton, Clive2017
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Click and Collect for Defiant earth : the fate of humans in the anthropoceneHumans have become so powerful that we are disrupting the functioning of the earth, to the point where scientists now consider we have entered a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. Clive Hamilton argues this forces us to rethink what kind of creature we humans are, and to acknowledge the power we still have to change the world for good.
Main title:
Defiant earth : the fate of humans in the anthropocene / Clive Hamilton.
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Imprint:
Sydney : Allen & Unwin, [2017].
Collation:
xiv, 185 pages ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Preface: On waking up Acknowledgments -- 1. The Anthropocene Rupture -- A rupture in Earth history -- Volition in nature -- Earth System science -- Scientific misinterpretations -- The ecomodernist gloss -- An epoch by any other name -- 2. A New Anthropocentrism -- To doubt everything -- Anthropocentrism redux -- The antinomy of the Anthropocene -- A new anthropocentrism -- The world-making creature -- The new anthropocentrism versus ecomodernism In praise of technology -- 3. Friends and Adversaries -- Grand narratives are dead, until now -- After post-humanism -- The freak of nature -- The ontological wrong turn -- Recovering the cosmological sense? -- 4. A Planetary History? -- The significance of humans -- Does history have a meaning? -- An Enlightenment fable 'Politics is fate' -- 5. The Rise and Fall of the Super-agent -- Freedom is woven into nature-as-a-whole -- Responsibility is not enough -- Living without Utopia.
ISBN:
9781760295967
Dewey class:
304.2
Language:
English
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BRN:
300317
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Environment | 304.2 HAM | Available |
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