The shock of the Anthropocene : the Earth, history and us /: the Earth, history and us. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Événement anthropocène.
• Further Information: Note: Christophe Bonneuil and Jean-Baptiste Fressoz ; translated by David Fernbach.
• Authors: Bonneuil, Christophe; Fressoz, Jean-Baptiste
• Other Names: Fernbach, David translator.
• Contents: Part One. What's in a word? 1. Welcome to the anthropocene ; 2. Thinking with Gaia : towards environmental humanities -- Part Two. Speaking for the earth, guiding humanity : deconstructing the geocratic grand narrative of the anthropocene. 3. Clio, the earth and the anthropocenologists ; 4. Who is the anthropos? -- Part Three. What histories for the anthropocene? 5. Thermocene : a political history of CO₂ ; 6. Thanatocene : power and ecocide ; 7. Phagocene : consuming the planet ; 8. Phronocene : grammars of environmental reflexivity ; 9. Agnotocene : externalizing nature, economizing the world ; 10. Capitalocene : a combined history of earth system and world-systems ; 11. Polemocene : resisting the deterioration of the earth since 1750 -- Conclusion: Surviving and living the anthropocene.
• Publisher Details: London : Verso
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 304.2; Human ecology; Nature -- Effect of human beings on; Global environmental change; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography; Global environmental change; Human ecology; Nature -- Effect of human beings on; Humanekologi; Människans påverkan på naturen; Klimatförändringar; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781784780814; 1784780812; 9781784780821; 1784780820
• Related ISBNs: 9781784780791; 1784780790
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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