Hope in the Anthropocene: agency, governance and negation
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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Waldow, Valerie (HerausgeberIn), Bargués, Pol (HerausgeberIn), Chandler, David 1962- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2024]
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Abstract:"Explores the centrality of hope to political thought and policy practice in the Anthropocene. Examines topical concerns of the Anthropocene including a loss of belief in human exceptionalism and in a telos of progress. Engages with hope conceptually and materially rather than merely as a positive attitude of mind. Draws on contemporary theoretical approaches, including drawing upon Critical, Feminist, Black, and Indigenous studies. Uses contemporary empirical and policy examples including environmental issues of land use and extraction and Covid governance. Takes an interdisciplinary approach, including expertise from the fields of geography, law, politics, and international relations. New modes of Hope have emerged in the Anthropocene, increasingly grounded in an ethics of attentiveness and responsibility. Through incorporating contemporary approaches to both theory and policy practice, including critical, feminist, black and indigenous perspectives, this book analyses how Hope works with the uncertainties and interdependencies of human agency and interaction. It draws out the problems of integrating Hope into governance and policy management, and engages with Hope as a potentially negating force, in a world which can be seen as one of unending catastrophe."--Publisher's website
Umfang:x, 281 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781399529853