Capitalism in the Anthropocene 9781583679760, 9781583679753

Over the last 11,700 years, during which human civilization developed, the earth has existed within what geologists refe

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Capitalism in the Anthropocene
9781583679760, 9781583679753

We are living in the age of the Anthropocene, in which human activities are recognized for effecting potentially catastr

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The Earth has reached a tipping point. Runaway climate change, the sixth great extinction of planetary life, the acidifi

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Exterranean concerns the extraction of stuff from the Earth, a process in which matter goes from being sub- to exterrane

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In Narrative in the Anthropocene, Erin James poses two complementary questions: What can narrative teach us about our cu

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In this book, Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novels―The Handmaid’s Tale, the MaddAddam trilogy, The Heart Goes Last, and Th

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An important and timely book that addresses the new reality of the Anthropocene and what we should be doing about it. I

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Science tells us that a new and dangerous stage in planetary evolution has begun—the Anthropocene, a time of rising temp

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Examines how sovereignty inures us from the challenges associated with the climate crisis Engages with the work of Bruno

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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing

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By drawing on oceanography (marine sciences) and limnology (freshwater sciences), social sciences, and the environmental

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