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Anthropology in the Anthropocene - Christoph Antweiler

Anthropology in the Anthropocene

An Earthed Theory for Our Extended Present
Buch | Hardcover
X, 526 Seiten
2024 | 2024
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-74590-4 (ISBN)
CHF 194,70 inkl. MwSt
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In this book, anthropologist and geologist Christoph Antweiler shows that geology is a special, namely historical, natural science and is therefore relevant for a historically informed anthropology. He argues that we do not only need a geologically informed cultural anthropology, but conversely also an anthropologically oriented geology. A comprehensive geology must include material human culture as a fundamental geological phenomenon. In relation to cultural anthropology, the author discusses the challenge the Anthropocene poses for cultural anthropology as a traditionally micro-oriented social science. The book discusses where the blind spots lie in the highly interdisciplinary discussion. Common narratives are critically scrutinized. The author argues for the need for a new discipline: geoanthropology.

Christoph Antweiler is a cultural anthropologist with an expertise in geology and currently Senior Professor at the Institute of Oriental and Asian Studies at the University of Bonn, Germany. His main theoretical interests are socio-cultural evolution, human universals and vernacular cosmopolitanism. His main research region is Southeast Asia. He is involved in the Excellence Cluster Bonn Center of Dependency and Slavery Studies and a member of the Academia Europaea, London.

Chapter 1. Humans Make Earth History - New Earth and New Anthropology.- Chapter 2. Cultural Resonance - Loss of Orientation, Fears, and Hope.- Chapter 3. End-Time Stories - Mostly Dramatic Framings.- Chapter 4. Critique - Strengths and Weaknesses of Anthropocene Thinking.- Chapter 5. Anthropocene Anthropology - Contributions and Opportunities.- Chapter 6. Conditio Humana - the Geologization of Culture.-Chapter 7. Human Niche Construction - Building Blocks for Synthesis.- Conclusion.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 28.11.2024
Reihe/Serie Anthropocene – Humanities and Social Sciences
Zusatzinfo Approx. 450 p.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Original-Titel Anthropologie im Anthropozän. Theoriebausteine für das 21. Jahrhundert
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
Schlagworte Anthropocene • environmental anthropology • Environmental Humanities • Geoanthropology • Global Environmental Problems • Human-Environment-Relations
ISBN-10 3-031-74590-6 / 3031745906
ISBN-13 978-3-031-74590-4 / 9783031745904
Zustand Neuware
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