The Politics of the Anthropocene

出版者:Oxford University Press

作者:John S. Dryzek

页数:224

出版时间:2019-2-6

价格:0

isbn号码:9780198809616

具体描述

The Politics of the Anthropocene is a sophisticated yet accessible treatment of how human institutions, practices, and principles need to be re-thought in response to the challenges of the Anthropocene, the emerging epoch of human-induced instability in the Earth system and its life-support capacities. However, the world remains stuck with practices and modes of thinking that were developed in the Holocene - the epoch of around 12,000 years of unusual stability in the Earth system, toward the end of which modern institutions such as states and capitalist markets arose. These institutions persist despite their potentially catastrophic failure to respond to the challenges of the Anthropocene, foremost among them a rapidly changing climate and accelerating biodiversity loss. The pathological trajectories of these institutions need to be disrupted by advancing ecological reflexivity: the capacity of structures, systems, and sets of ideas to question their own core commitments, and if necessary change themselves, while listening and responding effectively to signals from the Earth system.

This book envisages a world in which humans are no longer estranged from the Earth system but engage with it in a more productive relationship. We can still pursue democracy, social justice, and sustainability - but not as before. In future, all politics should be first and foremost a politics of the Anthropocene. The arguments are developed in the context of issues such as climate change, biodiversity, and global efforts to address sustainability.

作者简介

John S. Dryzek is Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Centenary Professor in the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra. He is best known for his contributions in democratic theory and practice and environmental politics. He is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy (2018) and The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society (2011), and the author of many books, including The Politics of the Earth (3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 2013).

Jonathan Pickering is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra. His research focuses on global environmental governance, climate ethics and policy, and deliberative democracy. His research has been published in a range of journals including Climate Policy, Ecological Economics, Global Environmental Politics, International Environmental Agreements, and World Development.

用户评价

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坦白说，我曾对这类宏大叙事感到些许疲倦，总担心它会沦为抽象的理论堆砌，但这本书成功地通过其引用的丰富案例打破了这种刻板印象。作者显然在田野调查和历史文献挖掘上投入了惊人的精力。我印象最深的是其中关于某个被遗忘的工业遗址的细致描写，那种对锈蚀的金属、被污染的土壤的细腻观察，使得冰冷的宏大理论瞬间获得了具体的触感和气味。这种将理论“接地气”的能力，是区分平庸与卓越作品的关键点。作者并非只是站在高处指点江山，而是俯身下去，用生动的细节来支撑其理论的重量。这使得读者在被其宏观洞察力折服的同时，也能在微观的现实场景中找到自己经验的锚点，极大地增强了说服力。