Nigel Clark

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Planetary Social Thought: The Anthropocene Challenge to the Social SciencesPaperback, 14 December 2020

Planetary Social Thought: The Anthropocene Challenge to the Social Sciences
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Print Length
256 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Polity Press
Date Published
14 Dec 2020
ISBN-10
1509526358
ISBN-13
9781509526352

Description

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.

Product Details

Authors:
Nigel ClarkBronislaw Szerszynski
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
GB
Date Published:
14 December 2020
Dimensions:
22.61 x 14.99 x 2.03 cm
ISBN-10:
1509526358
ISBN-13:
9781509526352
Language:
English
Pages:
256
Publisher:
Weight:
362.87 gm

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