82 51cc2916-3338-42ab-bdf8-48140c931383 The Shock of the Anthropocene: The Earth, History and Us Christophe Bonneuil calibre (4.8.0) [https://calibre-ebook.com] 2016-01-12T00:00:00+00:00 <div> <p><strong>Dissecting the new theoretical buzzword of the “Anthropocene”</strong> </p> <p>The Earth has entered a new epoch: the Anthropocene. What we are facing is not only an environmental crisis, but a geological revolution of human origin. In two centuries, our planet has tipped into a state unknown for millions of years. </p> <p>How did we get to this point? Refuting the convenient view of a “human species” that upset the Earth system, unaware of what it was doing, this book proposes the first critical history of the Anthropocene, shaking up many accepted ideas: about our supposedly recent “environmental awareness,” about previous challenges to industrialism, about the manufacture of ignorance and consumerism, about so-called energy transitions, as well as about the role of the military in environmental destruction. In a dialogue between science and history, <em>The Shock of the Anthropocene</em> dissects a new theoretical buzzword and explores paths for living and acting politically in this rapidly developing geological epoch. **</p></div> Verso 9781784780791 eng environmentalresistance