Clark Inhuman Nature

Sociable Life on a Dynamic Planet
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4462-4314-5
Verlag: SAGE Publications
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, EPUB

Reihe: Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society

The relationship between social thought and earth processes is an oddly neglected part of the social sciences.


This exciting book offers to make good the deficit by exploring how human activity and planetary processes impact upon each other. The book:

• Provides a much needed in-depth inquiry into the volatile relationship between human life and the physical earth

• Considers the social and political implications of consistently thinking of the earth as a dynamic planet

• Asks what we can learn from natural catastrophes and from those who have lived through them

• Offers an inter-disciplinary perspective bringing together insights from sociology, geography, philosophy and earth / life sciences.

The result is a landmark work that will be of interest to readers across the social sciences and humanities as well as environmental studies and disaster studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clark, Nigel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

The Earth in Physical and Social Thought

Ways to Make a World: From Relational Materiality to Radical Asymmetry

After the Tsunami: Vulnerability on a Volatile Planet

Quaking: The 1755 Lisbon Disaster and the Modern Subject

Justice and Abrupt Climate Change

Hurricane Katrina and the Origins of Community

'Burning for the Other': Colonial Encounters on a Planet of Fire

Extending Hospitality: Global Mobility and Journeys in Deep Time

Über Autor(innen)

Clark, Nigel
Nigel Clark is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the Open University