Anthropology in the Anthropocene An Earthed Theory for Our Extended Present / [electronic resource] :
by Christoph Antweiler.
- 1st ed. 2024.
- XXVI, 502 p. 31 illus. online resource.
- Anthropocene – Humanities and Social Sciences, 2731-6351 .
- Anthropocene – Humanities and Social Sciences, .
Chapter 1. Humans Make Earth History – New Earth and New Anthropology -- Chapter 2. Cultural Resonance – Loss of Orientation, Fears, and Hope -- Chapter 3. End-Time Stories – Mostly Dramatic Framings -- Chapter 4. Critique – Strengths and Weaknesses of Anthropocene Thinking -- Chapter 5. Anthropocene Anthropology – Contributions and Opportunities -- Chapter 6. Conditio Humana – the Geologization of Culture.-Chapter 7. Human Niche Construction – Building Blocks for Synthesis -- Conclusion.
In this book, anthropologist and geologist Christoph Antweiler shows that geology is a special, namely historical, natural science and is therefore relevant for a historically informed anthropology. He argues that we do not only need a geologically informed cultural anthropology, but conversely also an anthropologically oriented geology. A comprehensive geology must include material human culture as a fundamental geological phenomenon. In relation to cultural anthropology, the author discusses the challenge the Anthropocene poses for cultural anthropology as a traditionally micro-oriented social science. The book discusses where the blind spots lie in the highly interdisciplinary discussion. Common narratives are critically scrutinized. The author argues for the need for a new discipline: geoanthropology.