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Animals in the Anthropocene
Critical Perspectives on Non-Human Futures
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The term Anthropocene is a useful device for drawing attention to the devastations wreaked by anthropocentrism and for advancing a relational model for human and non-human life. As anthropogenic change affects the more-than-human world, we must accept responsibility for the damage we have caused, and the debt we owe to non-human species.
This study examines the Anthropocene as a concept, discourse and state of affairs while asking how best to think and live with animals.
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Much of the discussion on the Anthropocene has centred upon anthropogenic global warming and climate change and the urgency of political and social responses to this problem.
Animals in the Anthropocene: critical perspectives on non-human futures shows that assessing the effects of human activity on the planet requires more than just the quantification of ecological impacts towards the categorisation of geological eras. It requires recognising and evaluating a wide range of territories and terrains, full of non-human agents, interests, and meanings, exposed to the profound forces of change that give their name to the Anthropocene.
It is from the perspective of 'the animal question'—asking how best to think and live with animals—that Animals in the Anthropocene seeks to interrogate the Anthropocene as a concept, discourse, and state of affairs. The term Anthropocene is a useful device for drawing attention to the devastations wreaked by anthropocentrism and advancing a relational model for human and non-human life.
The effects on animals of human political and economic systems continue to expand and intensify, in numerous domains and in ways that not only cause suffering and loss but that also produce new forms of life and alter the very nature of species. As anthropogenic change affects the more-than-human world in innumerable ways, we must accept responsibility for the damage we have caused, and the debt we owe to non-human species.
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Animals in the Anthropocene is praised as a significant contribution to the interdisciplinary field of human-animal studies. It offers a broad scope and diverse methodologies to explore questions of multispecies responsibility and justice.
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ISBN: 9781743324394
Publisher: Sydney University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 16 June 2015
Country: Australia
Imprint: Sydney University Press
Illustration: 8 col. ill.
Contributors:
- Edited by Fiona Probyn-Rapsey
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 17.0mm
Width: 148.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 390g
Pages: 254
About the Author
The Human Animal Research Network (HARN) at the University of Sydney was formed in 2011. It is a cross-faculty research group, comprising members from the humanities, natural sciences, public health, social sciences and veterinary medicine, that focuses on studying the multifaceted and multidimensional relationships between humans and non-human animals. The HARN Editorial Collective includes Madeleine Boyd, Matthew Chrulew, Chris Degeling, Agata Mrva-Montoya, Fiona Probyn-Rapsey, Nikki Savvides and Dinesh Wadiwel.
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