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The shock of the Anthropocene : the Earth, history and us / Christophe Bonneuil and Jean-Baptiste Fressoz ; translated by David Fernbach.

The shock of the Anthropocene : the Earth, history and us / Christophe Bonneuil and Jean-Baptiste Fressoz ; translated by David Fernbach.
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ISBN 9781784780791 (hardback)
Name Bonneuil, Christophe author.
Uniform title Événement anthropocène. English
Title The shock of the Anthropocene : the Earth, history and us / Christophe Bonneuil and Jean-Baptiste Fressoz ; translated by David Fernbach.
Published London : Verso, [2016]
©2016
Description xiv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Dissecting the new theoretical buzzword of the Anthropocene. Scientists tell us that the Earth has entered a new epoch: the Anthropocene. We are not facing simply an environmental crisis, but a geological revolution of human origin. In two centuries, our planet has tipped into a state unknown for millions of years. How did we get to this point? Refuting the convenient view of a human species that upset the Earth system unaware of what it was doing, this book proposes a new account of modernity that shakes up many accepted ideas: on the supposedly recent date of environmental awareness, on previous challenges to industrialism, on the manufacture of consumerism and the energy transition, as well as on the role of the military in environmental destruction. Through a dialogue between science and history, the authors draw an ecological balance sheet of a developmental model that has become unsustainable, and explore paths for living and acting politically in the Anthropocene.
Language note Translated from the French.
Subjects Human ecology
Nature -- Effect of human beings on
Global environmental change
Other Names Fressoz, Jean-Baptiste author.
Fernbach, David translator.
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