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Discussion Description:
Rather than bemoaning the arrival of ‘the Anthropocene’, some commentators have portrayed it as an opportunity to generate a new, positive outcome for the planet. In this session, we examine two such programmes as well as some critical responses to them.
References
Asafu-Adjaye, J, L. Blomqvist, S. Brand, et al. 2015. An Ecomodernist Manifesto.Oakland: The Breakthrough Institute.
Kareiva, P., M. Marvier and R. Lalasz. 2012. ‘Conservation in the Anthropocene: Beyond Solitude and Fragility’. The Breakthrough Journal Issue 2, Winter 2012.
http://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/journal/past-issues/issue-2/conservation-in-the-anthropocene
Responses:
Crist, E., 2016. The Reaches of Freedom: A Response to An Ecomodernist Manifesto. Environmental Humanities, 7(1), pp.245-254.
Hamilton, C., 2016. The theodicy of the “Good Anthropocene”. Environmental Humanities, 7(1), pp.233-238.
Collard, R.C., Dempsey, J. and Sundberg, J., 2016. The Moderns’ Amnesia in Two Registers. Environmental Humanities, 7(1), pp.227-232.