The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
Download or Read eBook The Climate of History in a Planetary Age PDF written by Dipesh Chakrabarty and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Dipesh Chakrabarty |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 293 |
| Release | : 2021-03-22 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780226732862 |
| ISBN-13 | : 022673286X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Climate of History in a Planetary Age by : Dipesh Chakrabarty
Book excerpt: Introduction : intimations of the planetary -- The globe and the planet. Four theses; Conjoined histories; The planet : a humanist category -- The difficulty of being modern. The difficulty of being modern; Planetary aspirations : reading a suicide in India; In the ruins of an enduring fable -- Facing the planetary. Anthropocene time -- Toward an anthropological clearing -- Postscript : the global reveals the planetary : a conversation with Bruno Latour.
