The Anthropocene and the global environmental crisis rethinking modernity in a new epoch
The Anthropocene, in which humankind has become a geological force, is a major scientific proposal; but it also means that the conceptions of the natural and social worlds on which sociology, political science, history, law, economics and philosophy rest are called into question.The Anthropocene and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge
2015.
2015. |
| Edition: | 1 ed |
| Series: | Routledge Environmental Humanities
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009770715806719 |
| Summary: | The Anthropocene, in which humankind has become a geological force, is a major scientific proposal; but it also means that the conceptions of the natural and social worlds on which sociology, political science, history, law, economics and philosophy rest are called into question.The Anthropocene and the Global Environmental Crisis captures some of the radical new thinking prompted by the arrival of the Anthropocene and opens up the social sciences and humanities to the profound meaning of the new geological epoch, the 'Age of Humans'. Drawing on the expertise of world-recognised scholars and t |
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| Item Description: | "earthscan from Routlede"--cover. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781317589082 9781315743424 9781138821248 |
