Power in the Anthropocene
Published on 31. March 2025
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-3995-4189-3 (ISBN)
Description
Power in the Anthropocene offers a unique approach to the study of power in a time of multiple ecological crises. Drawing on insights from Jane Bennett, Donna Haraway, Bruno Latour, and others, the book introduces a new materialist framework and opens up innovative avenues for expanding democracy and political mobilization. The book is the first of its kind to link the study of power to debates about the Anthropocene, and it outlines a new agenda for interdisciplinary research that combines insights from both the natural sciences and the social sciences, including ecofeminism, sustainability science, indigenous studies, and environmental political theory.
Reviews / Votes
Responding to this age of extraordinary human impact on planetary systems, Lars Tonder offers a brilliant blend of new materialism, climate politics, and engaged analyses of power in an attempt to reset the social sciences for the challenge. Power in the Anthropocene is a great critique of the breadth of the ecological blindness of social science, but also a genuinely reconstructive response to the current age of climate turbulence. -- David Schlosberg, Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney Tonder's work is a rich source for engaging with questions around key political issues in the Anthropocene [...] Thinking with Tonder, one can appreciate the possibilities and challenges that come with the task of undoing our dominant ways of thinking. This is a form of mental and affective exercise that someone who shares many concerns with new materialists welcomes and treasures. -- Sophia Hatzisavvidou, University of Bath * Contemporary Political Theory *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
5 tables, 14 text boxes and 3 black and white figures
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
417 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3995-4189-3 (9781399541893)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Lars Tonder is Professor of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is the author of Tolerance: A Sensorial Orientation to Politics (Oxford University Press, 2013) and co-editor of Radical Democracy: Politics Between Abundance and Lack (Manchester University Press, 2005). His current research interests include climate change, democratic theory, social movements and political contestation.
Content
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Power in the Anthropocene
Chapter 2: The sociality of power
Chapter 3: The materiality of power
Chapter 4: The methods of power
Chapter 5: The organization of power
Chapter 6: Power and criticism in the Anthropocene
A new materialist glossary
Bibliography
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Power in the Anthropocene
Chapter 2: The sociality of power
Chapter 3: The materiality of power
Chapter 4: The methods of power
Chapter 5: The organization of power
Chapter 6: Power and criticism in the Anthropocene
A new materialist glossary
Bibliography