December 17, 2020
Dissecting the new theoretical buzzword of the Anthropocene
The Earth has entered a new epoch: the Anthropocene. What we are facing is not only 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 the first critical history of the Anthropocene, shaking up many accepted ideas: about our supposedly recent environmental awareness, about previous challenges to industrialism, about the manufacture of ignorance and consumerism, about so-called energy transitions, as well as about the role of the military in environmental destruction. In a dialogue between science and history, "The Shock of the Anthropocene" dissects a new theoretical buzzword and explores paths for living and acting politically in this rapidly developing geological epoch."
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shock-Anthropocene-Earth-History-Us/dp/1784785032/ref=as_li_ss_il?crid=1D2OR4QC1DGYQ&keywords=the+shock+of+the+anthropocene&qid=1564408520&s=gateway&sprefix=the+shock+of+the+an,aps,187&sr=8-1&linkCode=li3&tag=neeleyworld01-21&linkId=a7dd6cc4bec51ef1ca63e791a6a03f36&language=en_GB
