{"product_id":"urgency-in-the-anthropocene-amanda-h-lynch-9780262535762","title":"Urgency in the Anthropocene","description":"\u003cb\u003eA proposal to reframe the Anthropocene as an age of actual and emerging coexistence with earth system variability, encompassing both human dignity and environmental sustainability.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs this the Anthropocene, the age in which humans have become a geological force, leaving indelible signs of their activities on the earth? The narrative of the Anthropocene so far is characterized by extremes, emergencies, and exceptions--a tale of apocalypse by our own hands. The sense of ongoing crisis emboldens policy and governance responses that challenge established systems of sovereignty and law. The once unacceptable--geoengineering technology, for example, or authoritarian decision making--are now anticipated and even demanded by some\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003eTo counter this, Amanda Lynch and Siri Veland propose a reframing of the Anthropocene--seeing it not as a race against catastrophe but as an age of emerging coexistence with earth system variability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLynch and Veland examine the interplay between our new state of ostensible urgency and the means by which this urgency is identified and addressed. They examine how societies, including Indigenous societies, have understood such interplays; explore how extreme weather and climate weave into the Anthropocene narrative; consider the tension between the short time scale of disasters and the longer time scale of sustainability; and discuss both international and national approaches to Anthropocene governance. Finally, they argue for an Anthropocene of coexistence that embraces both human dignity and sustainability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amanda H. Lynch, Siri Veland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262535769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262535762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Amanda H. Lynch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46747579121919,"sku":"9780262535762","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c8145327-e4ed-4efc-88c0-7698eafcabfa.jpg?v=1743584156","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/urgency-in-the-anthropocene-amanda-h-lynch-9780262535762","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}