AGAINST THE ANTHROPOCENE

Addressing the current upswing of attention in the sciences, arts, and humanities to the new proposal that we are in a human-driven epoch called the Anthropocene, this book critically surveys that thesis and points to its limitations. It analyzes contemporary visu al culturepopular science websites, remote sensing and SatNav imagery, eco-activist mobilizations, and experimental artistic projec tsto consider how the term proposes more than merely a description of objective geological periodization. This book argues that the Anthropoce...[Read more]