Task of Philosophy in the Anthropocene - Axial Echoes in Global Space

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Richard Polt and Jon Wittrock Klappentext The so-called anthropocene is one of the most widely discussed concepts in philosophy and critical theory at the moment. This volume takes a broad historical view of the topic, bringing together high profile theorists, including Luce Irigaray and Adrian Parr, providing a platform for highly original work in this important and timely field. Zusammenfassung The so-called anthropocene is one of the most widely discussed concepts in philosophy and critical theory at the moment. This volume takes a broad historical view of the topic! bringing together high profile theorists! including Luce Irigaray and Adrian Parr! providing a platform for highly original work in this important and timely field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, Richard Polt and Jon Wittrock / 1. Environmental Cosmopolitanism as a Philosophy for the Anthropocene, Amos Nascimento / 2. The Coming of the Post-Axial Age, John Michael Greer / 3. On Nature and Liberation, Timothy Sean Quinn / 4. Eidetic Eros and the Liquidation of the Real, Richard Polt / 5. Odysseus on the Beach: Humanity between the Anthropocene and the Hubriscene, Gregory Fried / 6. Starting from Ourselves as Living Beings, Luce Irigaray / 7. Philosophy's Homecoming, Michael Marder / 8. The Uncanny Anthropocene, Byron Williston / 9. Which Way I Fly: Reforming Nihilism in the Anthropocene, Jon Wittrock / 10. Ecological Finitude as Ontological Finitude: Radical Hope in the Anthropocene, Fernando Flores and B. Scot Rousse / 11. The Voices of Nature: Toward a Polyphonic Conception of Philosophy, Thomas Alexander / Index / About the Contributors

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• Authors: Richard Wittrock Polt
• Assisted by: Professor Richard Polt (Editor), Richard Polt (Editor), Jon Wittrock (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781786605559
• ISBN: 978-1-78660-555-9
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Future Perfect: Images of the Time to Come in Philosophy, Politics and Cultural Studies; Future Perfect: Images of the; Future Perfect: Images of the Time to Come in Philosophy, Politics and Cultural Studies; Future Perfect: Images of the
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800