Special Issue on Geographies in the Anthropocene from Geographical Research
Some interesting looking papers in the latest issue of Geographical Research on the Anthropocene, the full table of contents is here.
Author: jeremy schmidt
Clive Hamilton on “The Banality of Ethics in the Anthropocene”
Over the last two days, Clive Hamilton published a pair of essays that argue ethics in the Anthropocene are moot. The first essay largely lays out the problems…
New book from Anna Tsing: The Mushroom at the End of the World: on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins
The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins, coming from Princeton this September, details here. Matsutake is the most valuable…
Keywords for the Age of Austerity 19: Resilience
Originally posted on Keywords for the Age of Austerity: Resilience, n., “Elasticity; the power of resuming an original shape or position after compression, bending, etc.” “The quality or…
McKenzie Wark on Molecular Red: theory for the anthropocene
I found Wark’s recent book quite good, and it has produced some interesting conversation between Zizek and Wark as well. Here is a recent talk:
Mass Extinction, Security & Intervention in the Anthropocene
Originally posted on synthetic zero: “No Promises: Mass Extinction, Security and Intervention in the Anthropocene The concept of ‘security’ is paradoxical. It acknowledges the fragility of life and…
Isabelle Stengers’ Constructivist Reading of Whitehead’s Process & Reality
Originally posted on synthetic zero: http://t3h.hfk-bremen.de/papers/Stengers%20-%20Constructivist%20Reading.pdf and from friend of the blog and source of knowledge-ecology.com View original