Climate without Nature: A Critical Anthropology of the Anthropocene

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Andrew M. Bauer (Stanford University, California) Mona Bhan (DePauw University, Indiana)

Climate without Nature

A Critical Anthropology of the Anthropocene

Andrew M. Bauer (Stanford University, California), Mona Bhan (DePauw University, Indiana)

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Cambridge University Press
15 March 2018

Environmental archaeology; Physical anthropology & ethnography

This book offers a critical reading of the Anthropocene that draws on archaeological, ecological, geological, and ethnographic evidence to argue that the concept reproduces the modernist binary between society and nature, and forecloses a more inclusive politics around climate change. The authors challenge the divisions between humans as biological and geophysical agents that constitute the ontological foundations of the period. Building on contemporary critiques of capitalism, they examine different conceptions of human–environment relationships derived from anthropology to engage with the pressing problem of global warming.

By: Andrew M. Bauer (Stanford University California), Mona Bhan (DePauw University, Indiana)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 390g
ISBN: 9781108423243
ISBN 10: 1108423248
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 15 March 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction: materializing climate; 2. Assembling the Anthropocene; 3. On soils, stones, and social relationships of geophysical history; 4. On glaciers and grass and weather and welfare; 5. Social welfare without the Anthropocene's nature; 6. Conclusion: toward a critical anthropology of global warming.

Andrew M. Bauer is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University, California. He is author of Before Vijayanagara: Prehistoric Landscapes and Politics in the Tungabhadra Basin (2015). Mona Bhan is Associate Professor of Anthropology at DePauw University, Indiana. She is author of Counterinsurgency, Democracy, and the Politics of Identity in India: From Warfare to Welfare? (2014).