The Politics of Deep Time

This Element analyses how planetary temporalities can be politically institutionalized.

Frederic Hanusch (Author)

9781009468176, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 7 December 2023

110 pages
23.5 x 15.9 x 1.2 cm, 0.32 kg

Human societies increasingly interact with processes on a geological or even cosmic timescale. Despite this recognition, we still lack a basic understanding of these interconnections and how they translate into politics. This Element provides an exploration and systematization of 'the politics of deep time' as a novel lens of planetary politics in three steps. First, it demonstrates why deep-time interactions render the politics of deep time essential; second, it asks how deep time should be politicized and third, it explicates the politics of deep time by examining representative cases. The Element also formulates a conceptual framework to open up possibilities for alliances that seek to better understand and realize the politics of deep time, pioneering a debate on how planetary temporalities can be politically institutionalized. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

1. Deep time as a novel lens of planetary politics
2. The why: Deep-time interactions
3. The how: Politicization of deep time
4. The what: Explicating the politics of deep time
5. A conceptual framework of the politics of deep time
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Subject Areas: Miscellaneous items [WZ]