Philosophy of the Anthropocene: The Human Turn

By Sverre Raffnsøe

The Anthropocene is heralded as a new epoch distinguishing itself from all foregoing eons in the history of the Earth. It is characterized by the overarching importance of the human species in a number of respects, but also by the recognition of human dependence and precariousness. A critical human turn affecting the human condition is still in the process of arriving in the wake of an initial Copernican Revolution and Kant's ensuing second Copernican Counter-revolution. Within this landscape, issues concerning the human - its finitude, responsiveness, responsibility, maturity, auto-affection and relationship to itself - appear rephrased and re-accentuated as decisive probing questions. In this book Sverre Raffns e explores how the change has ramifications for the kinds of knowledge that can be acquired concerning human beings and for the human sciences as a study of human existential beings in the world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137526696
• ISBN13: 9781137526694
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"