A Critical Theory for the Anthropocene

A Critical Theory for the Anthropocene

Title: A Critical Theory for the Anthropocene | Author(s): Nathanaël Wallenhorst | Publisher: Springer | Year: 2023 | Language: English | Pages : 479 | ISBN: 3031377370, 9783031377372 | Size: 9 MB | Extension: pdf   This volume, which is rooted in biogeophysical studies, addresses conceptions of political action in the Anthropocene and the tension between a desire to accomplish the Promethean project of modernity and a post-Promethean approach. This work explores the idea of ​​an anthropological mutation of political consolidation from a “post-Promethean togetherness”, to creating the capacity to act together. The political thinking of the human condition developed by Hannah Arendt is important here as a resource for thinking about humanity in terms of human...