Skip to product information
1 of 1
Sold Out

The Shock of the Anthropocene

The Shock of the Anthropocene

The Earth, History and Us

Paperback

Regular price £24.84
Regular price Sale price £24.84

Join our rewards scheme and earn 75 reward points on this purchase!

Earn 75 points on this!

Sign in or Sign up!
View full details
  • Release Date: 07/02/2017
  • Barcode: 9781784785031
  • Genre: Society & Culture
  • Sub-Genre: Social & Ethical Issues
  • Imprint: Verso Books
  • Publisher: Verso Books
The Shock of the Anthropocene

The Shock of the Anthropocene

Collapsible content

DESCRIPTION

The Earth, History and Us
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

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

  • Contributor: David Fernbach (Translated by)
  • Translator: David Fernbach
  • DELIVERY & RETURNS

    UK Delivery:

    • Free delivery on all orders of £10 or more.
    • £1.49 delivery fee on orders below £10.
    • UK orders are shipped via Royal Mail 2nd Class.

    International Delivery:

    • Flat rate delivery charges vary by country.

    Dispatch and Delivery Times:

    • All orders are shipped from our warehouse in Northampton, UK within 48 hours of receipt during working hours.
    • UK mainland orders typically arrive within 3-5 working days via Royal Mail 2nd Class.
    • International estimated delivery times:
    • Europe & Channel Islands: 7 to 10 working days
    • USA: 7 to 15 working days
    • Rest of the World: 9 to 21 working days

    View our full delivery infomation here.

    • OVER

      2 MILLION PRODUCTS

    • 60 MILLION CUSTOMERS

      ACROSS 190 COUNTRIES