Shadowing the Anthropocene: Eco-Realism for Turbulent Times

A spectre is haunting humanity: the spectre of a reality that will outwit and, in the end, bury us. "The Anthropocene," or The Human Era, is an attempt to name our geological fate - that we will one day disappear into the layer-cake of Earth's geology - while highlighting humanity in...

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Main Author: Ivakhiv, Adrian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Earth, Milky Way : Punctum Books, 2018.
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