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Facing the Anthropocene
Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System
Taschenbuch von Ian Angus
Sprache: Englisch

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Science tells us that a new and dangerous stage in planetary evolution has begun—the Anthropocene, a time of rising temperatures, extreme weather, rising oceans, and mass species extinctions. Humanity faces not just more pollution or warmer weather, but a crisis of the Earth System. If business as usual continues, this century will be marked by rapid deterioration of our physical, social, and economic environment. Large parts of Earth will become uninhabitable, and civilization itself will be threatened. Facing the Anthropocene shows what has caused this planetary emergency, and what we must do to meet the challenge.

Bridging the gap between Earth System science and ecological Marxism, Ian Angus examines not only the latest scientific findings about the physical causes and consequences of the Anthropocene transition, but also the social and economic trends that underlie the crisis. Cogent and compellingly written, Facing the Anthropocene offers a unique synthesis of natural and social science that illustrates how capitalism's inexorable drive for growth, powered by the rapid burning of fossil fuels that took millions of years to form, has driven our world to the brink of disaster. Survival in the Anthropocene, Angus argues, requires radical social change, replacing fossil capitalism with a new, ecosocialist civilization.

Science tells us that a new and dangerous stage in planetary evolution has begun—the Anthropocene, a time of rising temperatures, extreme weather, rising oceans, and mass species extinctions. Humanity faces not just more pollution or warmer weather, but a crisis of the Earth System. If business as usual continues, this century will be marked by rapid deterioration of our physical, social, and economic environment. Large parts of Earth will become uninhabitable, and civilization itself will be threatened. Facing the Anthropocene shows what has caused this planetary emergency, and what we must do to meet the challenge.

Bridging the gap between Earth System science and ecological Marxism, Ian Angus examines not only the latest scientific findings about the physical causes and consequences of the Anthropocene transition, but also the social and economic trends that underlie the crisis. Cogent and compellingly written, Facing the Anthropocene offers a unique synthesis of natural and social science that illustrates how capitalism's inexorable drive for growth, powered by the rapid burning of fossil fuels that took millions of years to form, has driven our world to the brink of disaster. Survival in the Anthropocene, Angus argues, requires radical social change, replacing fossil capitalism with a new, ecosocialist civilization.

Über den Autor
Ian Angus is editor of the online ecosocialist journal Climate and Capitalism. He is also the author of Facing the Anthropocene.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Importe
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781583676097
ISBN-10: 1583676090
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Angus, Ian
Hersteller: Monthly Review Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 209 x 139 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Ian Angus
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2016
Gewicht: 0,329 kg
Artikel-ID: 103611296
Über den Autor
Ian Angus is editor of the online ecosocialist journal Climate and Capitalism. He is also the author of Facing the Anthropocene.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Importe
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781583676097
ISBN-10: 1583676090
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Angus, Ian
Hersteller: Monthly Review Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 209 x 139 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Ian Angus
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2016
Gewicht: 0,329 kg
Artikel-ID: 103611296
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