Wandering in the Anthropocene
Since the term Anthropocene came into vogue, there has been a growing awareness that we live in an era when the world around us is being irreparably damaged by human beings. How should we respond?
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Original title
Dwalen in het Antropoceen
Author
René ten Bos
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This is not a book for those who lack the ability or desire to live without a clear dividing line between human and animal, nature and culture, the various branches of science and other things of that sort. Wander: that is the key. The image of the Anthropocene should be that of a cloud, according to Ten Bos: intangible, changeable and capricious. Fluidity, multiplicity, disorientation, quicksand; his book is full of terms that above all don’t point. Firm ground is so 1980!
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One of the “hottest” academic subjects explained for a broad readership by the Netherlands’ most original thinker.
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René ten Bos
René ten Bos (b. 1959) is professor of philosophy at the Radboud University in Nijmegen and philosopher laureate for 2017 in The Netherlands. He has published on subjects including organizational ethics, strategic management and gender issues.