Planetary social thought : the anthropocene challenge to the social sciences / Nigel Clark and Bronislaw Szerszynski.
| Author/creator | Clark, Nigel, 1961- author. |
| Other author | Szerszynski, Bronislaw, author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2021. |
| Copyright Date | ©2021 |
| Description | xii, 226 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: What Planet Are You On? -- Earth at the Threshold -- Who Speaks through the Earth? -- Planetary Social Life in the Making -- What is Planetary Social Thought? -- Inhuman Modernity, Earthly Violence -- Terra mobilis -- Grounding Colonialism, Decolonizing the Earth -- Earthly Multitudes and Planetary Futures: Ten Questions. |
| Abstract | "The Anthropocene has emerged as perhaps the scientific concept of the new millennium. 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. Social life has become a central ingredient in the dynamics of the planet itself. How should the social sciences respond to the opportunities and challenges posed by this development? 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. 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."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Clark, Nigel, 1961- Planetary social thought Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2020. 9781509526369 |
| LCCN | 2020018125 |
| ISBN | 9781509526345 hardcover |
| ISBN | 150952634X hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781509526352 paperback |
| ISBN | 1509526358 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| Standard identifier# | 40030420767 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | H61 .C485 2021 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |