Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene (Ecocritical Theory and Practice) By Morten Tønnessen Hardcover 1498527965 9781498527965 Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene (Ecocritical Theory and Practice) The term “Anthropocene”, the era of mankind, is increasingly being used as a scientific designation for the current geological epoch. This is because the human species now dominates ecosystems worldwide, and affects nature in a way that rivals natural forces in magnitude and scale. Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene presents a dozen chapters that address the role and place of animals in this epoch characterized by anthropogenic (human made) environmental change. While some chapters describe our impact on the living conditions of animals, others question conventional ideas about human exceptionalism, and stress the complex cognitive and other abilities of animals. The Anthropocene idea forces us to rethink our relation to nature and to animals, and to critically reflect on our own role and place in the world, as a species. Nature is not what it was. Nor are the lives of animals as they used to be before mankind´s rise to global ecological prominence. Can we eventually learn to live with animals, rather than causing extinction and ecological mayhem?

The term Anthropocene the era of mankind is increasingly being used as a scientific designation for the current geological epoch This is because the human species now dominates ecosystems worldwide and affects nature in a way that rivals natural forces in magnitude and scale Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene presents a dozen chapters that address the role and place of animals in this epoch characterized by anthropogenic human made environmental change While some chapters describe our impact on the living conditions of animals others question conventional ideas about human exceptionalism and stress the complex cognitive and other abilities of animals The Anthropocene idea forces us to rethink our relation to nature and to animals and to critically reflect on our own role and place in the world as a species Nature is not what it was Nor are the lives of animals as they used to be before mankind s rise to global ecological prominence Can we eventually learn to live with animals rather than causing extinction and ecological mayhem Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene Ecocritical Theory and Practice

Thinking about Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene (Ecocritical Theory and Practice) By Morten Tønnessen

1498527965

9781498527965

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