After Nature

Synopsis

Nature no longer exists apart from humanity. The world we will inhabit is the one we have made. Geologists call this epoch the Anthropocene, Age of Humans. The facts of the Anthropocene are scientific--emissions, pollens, extinctions--but its shape and meaning are questions for politics. Jedediah Purdy develops a politics for this post-natural world.

Copyright:

2015 Jedediah Purdy

Book Details

Book Quality:

ISBN-13:

9780674915695

Publisher:

Harvard University Press

Date of Addition:

2016-05-16T09:22:15Z

Language:

English

Categories:

Earth Sciences, History, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Philosophy, Politics and Government,

Usage Restrictions:

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