Climate without Nature
Author | : Andrew M. Bauer |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2018-03-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781108530118 |
ISBN-13 | : 1108530117 |
Rating | : 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Download or read book Climate without Nature written by Andrew M. Bauer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a critical reading of the Anthropocene that draws on archaeological, ecological, geological, and ethnographic evidence to argue that the concept reproduces the modernist binary between society and nature, and forecloses a more inclusive politics around climate change. The authors challenge the divisions between humans as biological and geophysical agents that constitute the ontological foundations of the period. Building on contemporary critiques of capitalism, they examine different conceptions of human–environment relationships derived from anthropology to engage with the pressing problem of global warming.