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The Anthropocene as an intellectual concept and the Relational Approach, or thinking in networks, are tightly linked. One can say that the Anthropocene is the age of thinking in and about relations. Humans have perhaps never before thought so extensively about their connections to all their surroundings, be they other humans or animals, plants, substances such as CO2 or water, microbes, technology, fabrics, forests, temperatures, etc. For the European tradition, this thinking in relations is not self-evident.
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Clemens, I. (2023). Networks. In: Wallenhorst, N., Wulf, C. (eds) Handbook of the Anthropocene. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25910-4_71
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