Beschreibung:
This book is an introduction to, and structured survey of, the attempts that have been made to take the measure of the Anthropocene, and explores some of the paradigmatic problems which it raises.
1. Introduction 2. Definitions 3. Genealogies 4. Nature and Culture 5. The Anthropos 6. Politics 7. Aesthetics 8. Biopolitics 9. Energy 10. Scales I: The Planetary 11. Scales II: Deep Time 12. Conclusion: How Western Is the Anthropocene?