European University Institute Library

New earth politics, essays from the Anthropocene, edited by Simon Nicholson and Sikina Jinnah

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

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non fiction

New earth politics

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edited by Simon Nicholson and Sikina Jinnah

Earth system governance

essays from the Anthropocene

Humanity's collective impact on the Earth is vast. The rate and scale of human-driven environmental destruction is quickly outstripping our political and social capacities for managing it. We are in effect creating an Earth 2.0 on which the human signature is everywhere, a "new earth" in desperate need of humane and insightful guidance. In this volume, prominent scholars and practitioners in the field of global environmental politics consider the ecological and political realities of life on the new earth, and probe the field's deepest and most enduring questions at a time of increasing environmental stress. Arranged in complementary pairs, the essays in this volume include reflections on environmental pedagogy, analysis of new geopolitical realities, reflections on the power of social movements and international institutions, and calls for more compelling narratives to promote environmental action. At the heart of the volume is sustained attention to the role of traditional scholarly activities in a world confronting environmental disaster. Some contributors make the case that it is the scholar's role to provide activists with the necessary knowledge and tools; others argue for more direct engagement and political action. All the contributors confront the overriding question: What is the best use of their individual and combined energies, given the dire environmental reality?.--, Provided by publisher

Living on a New Earth / Simon Nicholson and Sikina Jinnah -- The Changing Shape of Global Environmental Politics / Ken Conca -- Green Earth : The Emergence of Planetary Civilization / Daniel Deudney and Elizabeth Mendenhall -- The Co-Production of Knowledge about International Governance : Living on the Science/Policy Interface / Oran R. Young -- Scholarship as Citizenship / Richard Falk -- Person/Planet Politics : Contemplative Pedagogies for a New Earth / Karen T. Litfin -- Make Way for Hope : A Contrarian View / Michael F. Maniates -- Institutional Politics and Reform / Kate O'Neill -- An Engaged Scholarship Narrative / Maria Ivanova -- Autonomy and Activism in Civil Society / Peter J. Jacques -- Converting the Environmental Movement into a Missionary Religious Force / Erik Assadourian -- Towards Sharing Our Ecospace / Joyeeta Gupta -- China on the World Stage / Judith Shapiro -- Climate Change Through the Lens of Energy Transformation / Navroz K. Dubash -- Governing Climate Engineering / Wil Burns and Simon Nicholson -- Living at the Margins / Paul Wapner -- The Sustainability Story : Exposing Truths, Half-Truths, and Illusions / Peter Dauvergne -- Politics for a New Earth : Governing in the Anthropocene / Frank Biermann