{"product_id":"deep-time-dark-times-on-being-geologically-human-hardback-9780823281367","title":"Deep Time, Dark Times; On Being Geologically Human (Hardback) 9780823281367","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDeep Time, Dark Times\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOn Being Geologically Human\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Wood (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823281367\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 December 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.396 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new geological epoch we call the Anthropocene is not just a scientific classification. It marks a radical transformation in the background conditions of life on Earth, one taken for granted by much of who we are and what we hope for. Never before has a species possessed both a geological-scale grasp of the history of the Earth and a sober understanding of its own likely fate. Our situation forces us to confront questions both philosophical and of real practical urgency. We need to rethink who \"we\" are, what agency means today, how to deal with the passions stirred by our circumstances, whether our manner of dwelling on Earth is open to change, and, ultimately, \"What is to be done?\" Our future, that of our species, and of all the fellow travelers on the planet depend on it.\u003cbr\u003e The real-world consequences of climate change bring new significance to some very traditional philosophical questions about reason, agency, responsibility, community, and man's place in nature. The focus is shifting from imagining and promoting the \"good life\" to the survival of the species. \u003ci\u003eDeep Time, Dark Times \u003c\/i\u003echallenges us to reimagine ourselves as a species, taking on a geological consciousness. Drawing promiscuously on the work of Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, and other contemporary French thinkers, as well as the science of climate change, David Wood reflects on the historical series of displacements and de-centerings of both the privilege of the Earth, and of the human, from Copernicus through Darwin and Freud to the declaration of the age of the Anthropocene. He argues for the need to develop a new temporal phronesis and to radically rethink who \"we\" are in respect to solidarity with other humans, and responsibility for the nonhuman stakeholders with which we share the planet. In these brief, lively chapters, Wood poses a range of questions centered on our individual and collective political agency. Might not human exceptionalism be reborn as a sort of hyperbolic responsibility rather than privilege?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. \u003c\/b\u003eHerding the Cats of Deep Time \u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2. \u003c\/b\u003eWho Do We Think We Are? \u003cb\u003e26\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3. \u003c\/b\u003eCosmic Passions \u003cb\u003e36\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4. \u003c\/b\u003eThinking Geologically after Nietzsche \u003cb\u003e47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5.\u003c\/b\u003e Angst and Attunement \u003cb\u003e60\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6.\u003c\/b\u003e The Present Age: A Case Study \u003cb\u003e73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e7.\u003c\/b\u003e Posthumanist Responsibility \u003cb\u003e82\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e8.\u003c\/b\u003e The New Materialism \u003cb\u003e96\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e9. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Unthinkable and the Impossible \u003cb\u003e107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e10. \u003c\/b\u003eWhat Is to Be Done? Democracy and Beyond \u003cb\u003e121\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580330340632,"sku":"9780823281367","price":52.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/deep-time-dark-times-on-being-geologically-human-hardback-9780823281367","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}