Modeling Spaces of Vulnerability into the Vulnerability of Place through Geoethical Dilemmas and Noosphere Dynamics

This article aims to explore the assumptions and implications of the iconic representations of human–geosphere intersections using geopolitical theology concepts to overcome the current mathematization of space as the main impediment to achieve spatial justice. Based on the ideas of noosphere and pneumatosphere, developed by the prominent Slavic figures of the 20th century, V.I. Vernadsky and P. Florenski, the authors suggest that geoethical dilemmas as backcasting prospective modeling may help to explore contingent scenarios that go beyond institutional frameworks and political ecology analysis. The article describes the current situation in human–geosphere intersections and explores the problem of mathematical models as a scapegoat to deal with ontological uncertainty, and finitude as the main problem of the Anthropocene based on the cultural paradigm of Technopoly

Anthropocene · Backcasting · Geopolitics · Politics · Scapegoat · Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond · Humanities and Social Sciences