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Defiant Earth: The Fate of Humans in the Anthropocene by Clive Hamilton (Hardback, 2017)

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But the Anthropocene demands that we rethink everything. These truths call for a new kind of anthropocentrism, a philosophy by which we might use our power responsibly and find a way to live on a defiant Earth.

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Humans have become so powerful that we have disrupted the functioning of the Earth System as a whole, bringing on a new geological epoch - the Anthropocene - one in which the serene and clement conditions that allowed civilisation to flourish are disappearing and we quail before 'the wakened giant'. The emergence of a conscious creature capable of using techlogy to bring about a rupture in the Earth's geochrology is an event of monumental significance, on a par with the arrival of civilisation itself. What does it mean to have arrived at this point, where human history and Earth history collide? Some interpret the Anthropocene as more than a development of what they already kw, obscuring and deflating its profound significance. But the Anthropocene demands that we rethink everything. The modern belief in the free, reflexive being making its own future by taking control of its environment - even to the point of geoengineering - is w impossible because we have rendered the Earth more unpredictable and less controllable, a disobedient planet. At the same time, all attempts by progressives to cut humans down to size by attacking anthropocentrism come up against the insurmountable fact that human beings w possess eugh power to change the Earth's course. It's too late to turn back the geological clock, and there is going back to premodern ways of thinking. We must face the fact that humans are at the centre of the world, even if we must give the idea that we can control the planet. These truths call for a new kind of anthropocentrism, a philosophy by which we might use our power responsibly and find a way to live on a defiant Earth.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Polity Press
ISBN-10
1509519742
ISBN-13
9781509519743
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237188551

Dimensions

Weight
372g
Height
221mm
Width
138mm

Additional Product Features

Place of Publication
Oxford
Spine
21mm
Author Biography
Clive Hamilton is Professor of Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University in Canberra and author of Requiem for a Species: Why we resist the truth about climate change and Earthmasters: The dawn of the age of climate engineering.
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Author(s)
Clive Hamilton
Date of Publication
28/04/2017
Subject
Environment & Planning
Imprint
Polity Press
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Genre
Environment & Planning

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