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Being earthbound: Arendt, process and alienation in the Anthropocene
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| Author | Belcher, Oliver Schmidt, Jeremy J. |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Abstract | Hannah Arendt developed a twofold account of ‘being earthbound’ directly relevant to Anthropocene debates regarding the political. For Arendt, both senses of ‘being earthbound’ arose as humans began to act into nature, not merely upon it. The first sense is oriented to a political ontology of process, which arose as human actions – political, technological, scientific – nullified modernist conceits separating humans from nature. The second sense is one of earth alienation, which is referenced specifically to a scientific praxis coincident with advances in science and technology that alienates common sense experiences in politics. Though not unqualified, these two senses of being earthbound anchor our argument that Arendt offered prescient resources for understanding the political in the Anthropocene at the intersection of science, capital and world. The article ends by contrasting Arendt’s account of being earthbound with Bruno Latour’s recent interventions on the politics of Gaia. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0263775820953855?download=true |
| Starting Page | 103 |
| Ending Page | 120 |
| Page Count | 18 |
| ISSN | 02637758 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 39 |
| Journal | Environment and Planning D: Society and Space (EPD) |
| e-ISSN | 14723433 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0263775820953855 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications UK |
| Publisher Date | 2020-09-01 |
| Publisher Place | London |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © The Author(s) 2020 |
| Subject Keyword | action alienation Arendt process Anthropocene |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Geography, Planning and Development Environmental Science |
