The chapter focuses on the notion of Anthropocene. This appeared around the year 2000, quickly raising its status from a technical term and a scientific hypothesis to a keyword – or catchword – of major import in the public debate worldwide. It conveys the idea that humankind has acquired a capacity to intervene in the world which is on a par with – hence directly affects – the biophysical dynamics of the planet. The chapter addresses the Anthropocene as a result of a major transformation in late-modern accounts of reality and agency, largely coincident with the advent of post-Fordism in economics, neoliberalism in politics, complexity thinking in the life, matter and computational sciences, and post-foundationalism in the social sciences and humanities.
Anthropocene
Pellizzoni, Luigi
2023
Abstract
The chapter focuses on the notion of Anthropocene. This appeared around the year 2000, quickly raising its status from a technical term and a scientific hypothesis to a keyword – or catchword – of major import in the public debate worldwide. It conveys the idea that humankind has acquired a capacity to intervene in the world which is on a par with – hence directly affects – the biophysical dynamics of the planet. The chapter addresses the Anthropocene as a result of a major transformation in late-modern accounts of reality and agency, largely coincident with the advent of post-Fordism in economics, neoliberalism in politics, complexity thinking in the life, matter and computational sciences, and post-foundationalism in the social sciences and humanities.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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