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The politics of the anthropocene / John S. Dryzek and Jonathan Pickering

Dryzek, John S., 1953- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Pickering, Jonathan, ca. 20./21. Jh. [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

First edition

New York : Oxford University Press, [2019]

1 Online-Ressource (xi, 196 Seiten)

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index. - This edition previously issued in print: 2018. - Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized

Erscheint auch als: The politics of the anthropocene / Dryzek, John S. (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-0-19-184689-2 ( : ebook (No price))

978-0-19-880962-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-19-880961-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1093/oso/9780198809616.001.0001

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Basisklassifikation: 43.30 (Umweltpolitik)

*Anthropozän ; Umweltpolitik ; Klimaschutz      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Human ecology ; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Holocene ; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Anthropocene ; Nature -- Effect of human beings on

Human ecology ; Nature ; Effect of human beings on ; Geology, Stratigraphic ; Anthropocene ; Geology, Stratigraphic ; Holocene

'The Politics of the Anthropocene' is a sophisticated yet accessible treatment of how human institutions, practices, and principles need to be re-thought in response to the challenges of the Anthropocene, the emerging epoch of human-induced instability in the Earth system and its life-support capacities. However, the world remains stuck with practices and modes of thinking that were developed in the Holocene - the epoch of around 12,000 years of unusual stability in the Earth system, toward the end of which modern institutions such as states and capitalist markets arose. These institutions persist despite their potentially catastrophic failure to respond to the challenges of the Anthropocene, foremost among them a rapidly changing climate and accelerating biodiversity loss