Questioning the Anthropocene: Is It Really Our -Cene?

Questioning the Anthropocene: Is It Really Our –Cene? by Simon C. Estok. This article shows that questioning the term Anthropocene does not mean denying devastating and irreversible anthropogenic effects on the world, and that even though other species certainly do refashion the world, what needs to...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:3ee5453e67314e488d6bd4b51db53f382021-11-08T18:27:26ZQuestioning the Anthropocene: Is It Really Our -Cene?2160-0104https://doaj.org/article/3ee5453e67314e488d6bd4b51db53f382018-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://nanocrit.com/issues/issue13/Questioning-the-Anthropocene-Is-It-Really-Our-Cenehttps://doaj.org/toc/2160-0104Questioning the Anthropocene: Is It Really Our –Cene? by Simon C. Estok. This article shows that questioning the term Anthropocene does not mean denying devastating and irreversible anthropogenic effects on the world, and that even though other species certainly do refashion the world, what needs to be emphasized is that we are irreversibly altering the biosphere on a scale that threatens our own existence, that we are the only species currently doing these things with knowledge of their effects, and that we have the ability to change our ethics (and thus our behaviours) as a result of such knowledge.Simon C. EstokNew York City College of Technologyarticleanthropoceneecocriticismenvironmentecophobiahuman interventionHistory of scholarship and learning. The humanitiesAZ20-999Language and LiteraturePLiterature (General)PN1-6790ENNANO, Iss 13 (2018)
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topic anthropocene
ecocriticism
environment
ecophobia
human intervention
History of scholarship and learning. The humanities
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Literature (General)
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spellingShingle anthropocene
ecocriticism
environment
ecophobia
human intervention
History of scholarship and learning. The humanities
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Literature (General)
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Simon C. Estok
Questioning the Anthropocene: Is It Really Our -Cene?
description Questioning the Anthropocene: Is It Really Our –Cene? by Simon C. Estok. This article shows that questioning the term Anthropocene does not mean denying devastating and irreversible anthropogenic effects on the world, and that even though other species certainly do refashion the world, what needs to be emphasized is that we are irreversibly altering the biosphere on a scale that threatens our own existence, that we are the only species currently doing these things with knowledge of their effects, and that we have the ability to change our ethics (and thus our behaviours) as a result of such knowledge.
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title Questioning the Anthropocene: Is It Really Our -Cene?
title_short Questioning the Anthropocene: Is It Really Our -Cene?
title_full Questioning the Anthropocene: Is It Really Our -Cene?
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