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Manifesto for Living in the Anthropocene by Katherine Gibson; Deborah Bird Rose; Ruth Fincher is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Manifesto for Living in the Anthropocene about?

Annotation The recent 10,000 year history of climatic stability on Earth that enabled the rise of agriculture and domestication, the growth of cities, numerous technological revolutions, and the emergence of modernity is now over. We accept that in the latest phase of this era, modernity is unmaking the stability that enabled its emergence. But we are deeply worried that current responses to this challeng are focused on market-driven solutions and thus have the potential to further endanger our collective commons. Today public debate is polarized. On one hand we are confronted with the immobilizing effects of knowing "the facts" about climate change. On the other we see a powerful will to ignorance and the effects of a pernicious collaboration between climate change skeptics and industry stakeholders. Clearly, to us, the current crisis calls for new ways of thinking and producing knowledge. Our collective inclination has been to go on in an experimental and exploratory mode, in which we refuse to foreclose on options or jump too quickly to "solutions." In this spirit we feel the need to acknowledge the tragedy of anthropogenic climate change. It is important to tap into the emotion

Who reads Manifesto for Living in the Anthropocene?

Author

Katherine Gibson; Deborah Bird Rose; Ruth Fincher

Publisher

Punctum Books

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780988234062

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Anthropology, Social_sciences