Not a proper crisis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4189129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eric Paglia (0000-0003-4889-3939, Swedish Defence University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 247-261 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Anthropocene Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2053-0196 • E-ISSN: 2053-020X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2053019615604867 |
| OpenAlex | W2199445454 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 28 |
This article examines and qualifies the proposition that humankind's recently acquired geological agency has brought about the convergence of Earth and human history. Contrasting a contemporary representation of human-nature interactions - the 'Great Acceleration graphs' documenting humanity's post-war dominance - with an earlier perspective elaborated by Fernand Braudel, whose historical philosophy assigned physical geography powerful agency over human affairs, this article contends that 'environmental crisis' is a valid characterization of the post-1950 reordering of human-nature relations. Yet it is not a 'proper' crisis, as the environmental and climate crisis cannot be managed as a discrete event - as crises are often thought of today - in hope of restoring the status quo ante. Drawing on an older connotation of crisis, this article proposes a temporal conceptualization of environmental crisis, signifying a multi-decade historical period of reordering that spans the decline of the Holocene and advent of the Anthropocene. The intended and unintended consequences of human decisions will determine whether convergence, through reflexivity or coercion, results from this ongoing epochal transition
Anthropocene · Conceptualization · Ecological crisis · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Human condition · Humanity · Political economy · Political science · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Ecosystem dynamics and resilience · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · History · Law
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Planetary boundaries
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The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis
The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean world in the age of Philip II
Reconnecting to the Biosphere
The General Crisis of the European Economy in the 17th Century
Theories of Climate Change
Crisis and Catastrophe
The Anthropocene
Reconceptualizing the 'Anthropos' in the Anthropocene
Crisis
The geology of mankind? A critique of the Anthropocene narrative
Observations on the Nature and Culture of Environmental History
Agency at the Time of the Anthropocene
Was the Anthropocene anticipated
The trajectory of the Anthropocene
Anthropocene Futures
The General Crisis of the 17th Century
The Climate of History
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |