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Record Nr.

UNINA9910338051103321

Autore

Fremaux Anne

Titolo

After the Anthropocene : Green Republicanism in a Post-Capitalist World / / by Anne Fremaux

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-11120-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 pages)

Collana

Environmental Politics and Theory, , 2731-6718

Disciplina

809.93355609729

320.58

Soggetti

Political science

Political science - Philosophy

Philosophy of nature

Environmental policy

Political Theory

Political Philosophy

Philosophy of Nature

Environmental Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. A Critical Examination of the Naturalistic Narrative of the Anthropocene -- 3. The ‘Return of Nature’ in The Capitalocene: Against the Ecomodernist Version of the ‘Good Anthropocene’ -- 4. For a Post-Anthropocentric Socio-Nature Relationship in the Anthropocene -- 5. A new Green Political Economy for the Anthropocene -- 6. A Post-Liberal Green Republican Democracy for the Anthropocene -- 7. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

The environmental crisis is the most prominent challenge humanity has ever had to battle with, and humanity is currently failing. The Anthropocene—or so called ‘age of humans’—is indeed a period when the survival of humanity has never been so much at risk. This book locates itself in the field of critical green political theory. Fremaux's analysis of the current environmental crisis calls for us to embrace radical shifts in our modes of being; or, in other words, socially



progressive innovations that will be described within the unique framework of "Green Republicanism." In offering a constructive and emancipatory delineation of what could be considered an ecological civilization that is respectful of its natural environment and social differences, this book describes how to shift from an ‘arrogant speciesism’ and materialistic lifestyle to a post-anthropocentric ecological humanism focusing on the ‘good life’ within ecological limits. This new political regime calls for a radical reinvention of our societies, a decentering of the humans within our metaphysical worldview, and a withdrawal of the capitalist technosphere at the benefit of the biosphere. It will require a new economic paradigm that replaces the unsustainable capitalist logic of growth by sustainable degrowth and steady economics. Rooted in ethical thinking and political philosophy, this book seeks to offer a concrete roadmap of how sustainable societies can be fostered. .