Overview
- Provides a critical approach of mainstream theories of the Anthropocene
- Develops a new postanthropocentric/ecocentric approach based on Earth Jurisprudence
- Offers a critical standpoint of ecomodernism
Part of the book series: Environmental Politics and Theory (EPT)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
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About the author
Anne Fremaux completed her PhD at the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy at Queen’s University Belfast, Ireland. Her publications include La nécessité d'une écologie radicale. La pensée à l'épreuve des problèmes environnementaux (2011) and L’Ère du levant (2016).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: After the Anthropocene
Book Subtitle: Green Republicanism in a Post-Capitalist World
Authors: Anne Fremaux
Series Title: Environmental Politics and Theory
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11120-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-11119-9Published: 02 April 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-11120-5Published: 25 March 2019
Series ISSN: 2731-670X
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6718
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 316
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Environmental Philosophy, Environmental Politics