We can't find the internet
Attempting to reconnect
Something went wrong!
Hang in there while we get back on track
Horn, Eva, Bergthaller, Hannes, (2020). The Anthropocene: Key Issues for the Humanities
Summary
This book review covers a 2020 interdisciplinary volume examining the Anthropocene as a concept for the humanities, addressing key issues around human impact on Earth systems, geological time, and the cultural and philosophical implications of planetary-scale change.
Horn, Eva, Bergthaller, Hannes, (2020). The Anthropocene: Key Issues for the Humanities, Routledge, 2020, 192 pages, 14 B/W illustrations. US$44,95 ISBN: 9781138342477
Sign in to start a discussion.
More Papers Like This
Anthropocene
This review examines how anthropologists have engaged with the concept of the 'Anthropocene', identifying four main disciplinary approaches to the phenomena of human-driven planetary change including climate change and mass extinction. Researchers found that the term functions both as a scientific descriptor of Earth system disruption and as a politically and morally loaded concept within and beyond academia.
Anthropocene: The Challenges for a New World
This review examines the concept of the Anthropocene, tracing how humanity has become a geological force rivalling natural processes, with particular attention to the environmental challenges this new epoch presents for Earth system science.
The Anthropocene: Comparing Its Meaning in Geology (Chronostratigraphy) with Conceptual Approaches Arising in Other Disciplines
This article compares how the term "Anthropocene" is used in geology versus other academic disciplines like social sciences and humanities. In geology, the Anthropocene is proposed as a formal epoch beginning in the mid-twentieth century, marked by measurable changes in the geological record from industrialization and globalization. Other fields use the term more flexibly, often extending it much further back in time and applying it without reference to specific geological markers.
The Anthropocene within the Geological Time Scale: a response to fundamental questions
This paper responded to fundamental questions about the Anthropocene as a formal geological time unit, addressing evidence for its recognition within the Geological Time Scale and clarifying the stratigraphic criteria used to define it.
Precursors and Antecedents of the Anthropocene
This review examines historical and prehistoric precursors to the Anthropocene, exploring whether earlier biological agents triggered comparable Earth-system transformations and identifying antecedents in human-nature relations that foreshadow the current era of planetary-scale human impact.