| Philosophy of the Anthropocene: The Human Turn 2015 Edition Contributor(s): Raffnsøe, Sverre (Author) |
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ISBN: 1137526696 ISBN-13: 9781137526694 Publisher: Palgrave Pivot OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Social - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Science |
| Dewey: 301.01 |
| LCCN: 2016498866 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.60 lbs) 75 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Anthropocene is heralded as a new epoch distinguishing itself from all foregoing eons in the history of the Earth. It is characterized by the overarching importance of the human species in a number of respects, but also by the recognition of human dependence and precariousness. A critical human turn affecting the human condition is still in the process of arriving in the wake of an initial Copernican Revolution and Kant's ensuing second Copernican Counter-revolution. Within this landscape, issues concerning the human - its finitude, responsiveness, responsibility, maturity, auto-affection and relationship to itself - appear rephrased and re-accentuated as decisive probing questions. In this book Sverre Raffns e explores how the change has ramifications for the kinds of knowledge that can be acquired concerning human beings and for the human sciences as a study of human existential beings in the world. |
