The Anthropocene Crisis

A World System Science Approach
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-009-86398-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten

Natural scientists have joined forces to develop Earth System Science (ESS), a bold response to the mounting contradiction between the planet's limits and humanity's accelerating demands. However, interdisciplinary insights from social scientists are urgently needed to understand the various ways in which social and natural systems relate to each other, and to analyse the driving social forces within the anthroposphere. This timely volume is a rallying call for a 'World System Science' (WSS) in which social scientists and historians would step into this gap. International Relations experts draw from the fields of history, economics, and sociology to develop methodologies for a social science-led response to the political challenges of the Anthropocene. They identify areas of common ground where Earth System Science and World System Science might work together to generate and promote planetary stewardship, improving humanity's chances of surviving the Anthropocene crisis and looming tipping points in the earth system.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Albert, Mathias

Buzan, Barry

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Part I. Introduction: World System Science and Earth System Science: 1. Introducing the project and the framework Mathias Albert and Barry Buzan; 2. The global tipping points report 2023: a response from world system science Barry Buzan; Part II. Past and Future as Methodological Approaches: 3. World system collapse: two precedents for a possible Anthropocene future, 1250–900 BCE and 350–800 CE Iver B. Neumann; 4. World system futures: scenarios for the twenty-first century Heikki Patomäki; Part III. World System Studies for the Anthropocene: 5. Nothing can make sense to us except in the light of culture: the earth–world nexus in evolutionary time Inanna Hamati-Ataya; 6. Addressing 'growthism' in world system science Heikki Patomäki and Rubén Vezzoni; 7. One planet, many species: towards a multispecies justice framework for world system science research on earth's tipping points Joana Castro Pereira; Part IV. Conclusions: 8. 'Poly-periodization': relating social and natural systems through system histories Mathias Albert and Zoltán Boldizsár Simon; 9. Conclusions: towards world system science Barry Buzan and Mathias Albert; References; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Buzan, Barry
Barry Buzan is Professor Emeritus in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His many publications include Making Global Society: A Study of Humankind Across Three Eras (Cambridge University Press, 2023).

Albert, Mathias
Mathias Albert is Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University, Germany. He is the author of many books and articles including A Theory of World Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2016).