The Organisation of the Anthropocene
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8093078 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jorge E Viñuales (0000-0003-1664-5412, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-81 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Brill Research Perspectives in International Legal Theory and Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2452-204X • E-ISSN: 2452-2058 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/24522058-01010001 |
| OpenAlex | W4211145208 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 18 |
This essay introduces the legal dimensions of the Anthropocene, i.e. the currently advocated new geological epoch in which humans are the defining force. It explores in this context two basic propositions. First, law as a technology of social organisation has been neglected in the otherwise highly technology-focused accounts by natural and social scientists of the drivers of the Anthropocene. Secondly, in those rare instances where law has been discussed, there is a tendency to assume that the role of law is to tackle the negative externalities of transactions (e.g. their environmental or social implications) rather than the core of the underlying transactions, i.e. the organization of production and consumption processes. Such focus on externalities fails to unveil the role of law in prompting, sustaining and potentially managing the processes that have led to the Anthropocene. After a brief introduction to the Anthropocene narrative and the possible role of law in it, it focuses on three main questions: the disconnection between natural and human history, the profound inequalities within the human variable driving the Anthropocene, and the technological transition required to reach a sustainable societal organisation
Anthropocene · Archaeology · Consumption (sociology · Context (archaeology · Disconnection · Environmental ethics · Externality · Geography · Narrative · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Environmental law and policy · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses · Ecology · Law · Philosophy
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The Anthropocene
A safe operating space for humanity
Max Weber on Law and the Rise of Capitalism
The System of Industrial Relations in Great Britain, its History, Law and Institutions
Tariffs and Growth in the Late 19th Century
Payer pour polluer
Re-conceptualizing the Anthropocene
The Anthropocene
When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal
Reconceptualizing the 'Anthropos' in the Anthropocene
International law for the Anthropocene? Shifting perspectives in regulation of the oceans, environment and genetic resources
The geology of mankind? A critique of the Anthropocene narrative
The Anthropocene and the Environmental Humanities
The rhetoric of justice
Global Africa
The Climate of History
The theory of unequal ecological exchange
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2022 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |