Description
Book SynopsisThe world faces an environmental crisis unprecedented in human history. Carbon dioxide levels have reached heights not seen before, and the greatest mass extinction since the time of the dinosaurs appears to be underway. This book shows how this transformation puts the deep history of the planet at the heart of contemporary environmental politics.
Trade Review"An excellent forthcoming book." -- Robert Macfarlane The Guardian "I can't recall another book that positions the present global crisis in Earth's deep history so well, in a form that can be readily understood by non-specialists. Every ecosocialist should read it." -- Ian Angus Climate and Capitalism "The first book you would want to read to find out the origins, philosophies, and debate surrounding the 'Anthropocene'... A fascinating tour of natural history." Capitalism Nature Socialism "Perhaps the best guide so far to the different senses and timeframes attached to the term [Anthropocene]." London Review of Books
Table of ContentsContents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Living in Deep Time
2. Versions of the Anthropocene
3. Geology of the Future
4. Th e Rungs on the Ladder
5. An Obituary for the Holocene
Conclusion: Not Even Past
Notes
Index
