Philosophical Journey Into the Anthropocene - Discovering Terra Incognita

This book presents a philosophical journey into the Anthropocene that views this geological epoch as the potential métarécit of our age and the planetary framework within which technology becomes the environment for human life. The appropriate name for this epochal phenomenon is, as a result, not Anthropocene, but Technocene.

List of contents

Introduction: "Invitation au Voyage" ("Guide to an Off-road Journey")
Part 1: What Is the Anthropocene? (An Epistemic-Ontological Journey)
Chapter 1: An Epistemic Journey
Chapter 2: An Ontological Journey
Part 2: Who is the Anthropocene? (An Anthropological-Ethical Journey)
Chapter 3: An Anthropological Journey
Chapter 4: An Ethical Journey
Conclusion: End Station (On the Bank of a River)

About the author

By Agostino Cera

Summary

This book presents a philosophical journey into the Anthropocene that views this geological epoch as the potential métarécit of our age and the planetary framework within which technology becomes the environment for human life. The appropriate name for this epochal phenomenon is, as a result, not Anthropocene, but Technocene.

Product details

• Authors: Agostino Cera
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2023
• EAN: 9781793630810
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-081-0
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, Conservation of the environment, Phenomenology & Existentialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies