Philosophy of the Anthropocene: The Human Turn

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.

• | Author: Sverre Raffns°e
• | Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• | Publication Date: Jan 05, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 95 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Philosophy
• | ISBN-10: 1137526696
• | ISBN-13: 9781137526694