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"Humans have become so powerful that we have disrupted the functioning of the Earth System as a whole, bringing on a new geological epoch--the Anthropocene--one in which the serene and clement conditions that allowed civilisation to flourish are disappearing and we quail before 'the wakened giant'. The emergence of a conscious creature capable of using technology to bring about a rupture in the Earth's geochronology is an event of monumental significance, on a par with the arrival of civilisation itself. What does it mean to have arrived at this point, where human history and Earth history collide? Some interpret the Anthropocene as no more than a development of what they already know, obscuring and deflating its profound significance. But the Anthropocene demands that we rethink everything. The modern belief in the free, reflexive being making its own future by taking control of its environment--even to the point of geoengineering--is now impossible because we have rendered the Earth more unpredictable and less controllable, a disobedient planet. At the same time, all attempts by progressives to cut humans down to size by attacking anthropocentrism come up against the insurmountable fact that human beings now possess enough power to change the Earth's course. It's too late to turn back the geological clock, and there is no going back to premodern ways of thinking. We must face the fact that humans are at the centre of the world, even if we must give the idea that we can control the planet. These truths call for a new kind of anthropocentrism, a philosophy by which we might use our power responsibly and find a way to live on a defiant Earth"--

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La pression que les activités humaines font peser sur le Système Terre s’accroît si vite que les sciences de la Terre annoncent l’entrée dans une nouvelle époque géologique. L’Anthropocène, Âge de l’homme, est ainsi le temps où les effets conjugués de la consommation, de la technologie et de la démographie deviennent la force géologique dominante. Mais au croisement des temps géologique et historique, le récit que propose l’Anthropocène est controversé. Sommes-nous les héros de cette nouvelle époque? Ou les bâtisseurs d’un nouvel Âge de pierre, avec une planète de plus en plus hostile et un accès raréfié aux ressources? Finalement, qui est cet homme que mettent en scène les discours sur l’Anthropocène? En montrant que nous arrivons au terme d’un long parcours, celui de la modernité, cet ouvrage ouvre une réflexion philosophique sur un monde où l’entrelacs nature-société est devenu inextricable.

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"Les changements géophysiques et la crise biologique planétaires en cours sont autant de facteurs de bouleversements géopolitiques rapides, massifs et brutaux. Un nouveau paysage géopolitique et stratégique émerge, marqué par la combinaison du changement climatique et de ses effets systémiques, telles les migrations de masse, la compétition mondiale pour les ressources et la crise des régimes contemporains. Où les politiques de Trump, de Poutine et de la Chine mènent-elles la planète ? Comment l’épuisement des océans alimente-t-il la piraterie maritime ? Comment le réchauffement de l’Arctique est-t-il exploité par certains intérêts tandis qu’il constitue une immense catastrophe pour des milliards d’humains ? Quelles régions ont-elles les meilleurs atouts pour traverser le XXIe siècle ? L’auteur, spécialiste de géopolitique, nous fait comprendre les liaisons dangereuses entre puissance économique, guerre et environnement. Il nous alerte sur les dangers, les violences et les barbaries qui se profilent. Le moment du choix collectif entre la « guerre de tous contre tous » sur une planète effondrée ou une alliance stratégique mondiale pour répondre aux nouveaux défis planétaires approche à grands pas."--Back cover.

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Addressing the current upswing of attention in the sciences, arts, and humanities to the new proposal that we are in a human-driven epoch called the Anthropocene, this book critically surveys that thesis and points to its limitations. It analyzes contemporary visual culture—popular science websites, remote sensing and SatNav imagery, eco-activist mobilizations, and experimental artistic projects—to consider how the term proposes more than merely a description of objective geological periodization. This book argues that the Anthropocene terminology works ideologically in support of a neoliberal financialization of nature, anthropocentric political economy, and endorsement of geoengineering as the preferred—but likely disastrous—method of approaching climate change. To democratize decisions about the world’s near future, we urgently need to subject the Anthropocene thesis to critical scrutiny and develop creative alternatives in the present.

Human geography. --- Cultural geography. --- Nature --- Human beings --- Global environmental change. --- Environmental geology. --- kunst --- geologie --- eenentwintigste eeuw --- activisme --- ecologie --- globalisering --- 130.2 --- Geoecology --- Environmental protection --- Physical geology --- Environmental change, Global --- Global change, Environmental --- Global environmental changes --- Change --- Ecology --- Environmental effects on human beings --- Human ecology --- Nature and nurture --- Anthropogenic effects on nature --- Ecological footprint --- Anthropogenic soils --- Human geography --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Effect of human beings on. --- Effect of environment on. --- General ecology and biosociology --- ecology --- milieuproblematiek --- Art --- kapitalisme --- anno 2000-2009 --- anno 2010-2019 --- Anthropozän. --- Kritik. --- Protest. --- Theorie. --- Umweltschaden. --- Ökologische Bewegung. --- Cultural geography --- Global environmental change --- Environmental geology --- Effect of human beings on --- Effect of environment on --- 614.61 --- 754.46 --- antropoceen --- infographics --- klimaatverandering --- iconografie --- kunsteducatie --- milieubeheer, milieubeleid algemeen --- grafische vormgeving, volgens thema, info/bewegwijzering --- Climatic changes --- Nature - Effect of human beings on --- Human beings - Effect of environment on