The Anthropocene and the Humanities: From Climate Change to a New Age of Sustainability

A wide-ranging and original introduction to the Anthropocene (the Age of Humanity) that offers fresh, theoretical insights bridging the sciences and the humanities

From noted environmental historian Carolyn Merchant, this book focuses on the original concept of the Anthropocene first proposed by Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer in their foundational 2000 paper. It undertakes a broad investigation into the ways in which science, technology, and the humanities can create a new and compelling awareness of human impacts on the environment.

Using history, art, literature, religion, philosophy, ethics, and justice as the focal points, Merchant traces key figures and developments in the humanities throughout the Anthropocene era and explores how these disciplines might influence sustainability in the next century. Wide-ranging and accessible, this book from an eminent scholar in environmental history and philosophy argues for replacing the Age of the Anthropocene with a new Age of Sustainability.

Author: Carolyn Merchant
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 04/21/2020
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780300244236
ISBN10: 0300244231
BISAC Categories:
- History | World | General
- Science | History
- Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection | General

About the Author
Carolyn Merchant is professor emerita of environmental history, philosophy, and ethics at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author or editor of twelve books, including her landmark The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology and the Scientific Revolution.