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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Main Author:	Simon C. Estok
Format:	article
Language:	EN
Published:	New York City College of Technology 2018
Subjects:	anthropocene ecocriticism environment ecophobia human intervention History of scholarship and learning. The humanities AZ20-999 Language and Literature P Literature (General) PN1-6790
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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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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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Questioning the Anthropocene: Is It Really Our -Cene?

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