Planetary Social Thought
Planetary Social Thought The Anthropocene has emerged as perhaps the scientific concept of the new millennium. Social life has become a central ingredient in the dynamics of the planet itself. Going…
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Planetary Social Thought
The Anthropocene has emerged as perhaps the scientific concept of the new millennium. Social life has become a central ingredient in the dynamics of the planet itself. Going further than earlier conceptions of the human-environment relationship, Anthropocene science proposes that human activity is tipping the whole Earth system into a new state, with unpredictable consequences.
In this innovative book, Clark and Szerszynski argue that social thinkers need to revise their own presuppositions about the social: to understand it as the product of a dynamic planet, self-organizing over deep time. How should the social sciences respond to the opportunities and challenges posed by this development? They outline 'planetary social thought': a transdisciplinary way of thinking social life with and through the Earth.
Using a range of case studies, they show how familiar social processes can be radically recast when looked at through a planetary lens, revealing how the world-transforming powers of human social life have always depended on the forging of relations with the inhuman potentialities of our home planet. Presenting a social theory of the planetary, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars interested in humanity's relation to the changing Earth.
Planetary Social Thought
Social Thought of Emile Durkheim
Planetary Mine
Planetary Annihilation
Planetary Politics
Planetary Echoes
Planetary Herbology
Planetary Aspects
Planetary Politics
Planetary Geoscience