Freedom in the anthropocene : twentieth-century helplessness in the face of climate change
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Freedom in the anthropocene : twentieth-century helplessness in the face of climate change
（Palgrave pivot）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
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Includes bibliographical reference (p. 110-120) and index
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Description
Freedom in the Anthropocene illuminates the Anthropocene from the perspective of critical theory. The authors contextualize our current ecological predicament by focusing on the issues of history and freedom and how they relate to our present inability to render environmental threats and degradation recognizable and surmountable.
Table of Contents
Prologue: The Elusive Clarity of the Anthropocene Introduction: What is the Meaning of Freedom in the Anthropocene 1. Georg Lukacs (1885-1971) and the Critique of Reification: On the Dialectical Genesis of the Great Acceleration 2. Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) and the Critique of Identity Thinking: The Great Acceleration as Historical Sedimentation 3. Moishe Postone (1942 - ) and the Critique of Traditional Marxism: Helplessness and the Present Moment of the Great Acceleration Conclusion: Contemporary Environmental Politics and the Necessity of Critical Theory References
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