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Author:   Astrid B. Stensrud ,  Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Weight:   0.323kg
ISBN:  

9780745339566

ISBN 10:   0745339565
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   20 July 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Figures Preface 1. Introduction: Anthropological Perspectives on Global Economic and Environmental Crises in an Overheated World - Astrid B. Stensrud and Thomas Hylland Eriksen 2. The Political Economy of the Great Acceleration, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Anna Tsing 3. A Community on the Brink of Extinction? Ecological Crises and Ruined Landscapes in Northwest Greenland - Kirsten Hastrup 4. Sea Ice, Climate and Resources: The Changing Nature of Hunting Along Greenland's Northwest Coast - Mark Nuttall 5. Volatility: Understanding Global Capitalism and Climate Change Vulnerability in Mongolia - Andrei Marin 6. The Dark Side of Progress: The Intersections of Climate Change, Neoliberalism and Modernity in Peru - Astrid B. Stensrud 7. Puzzling Pieces and Situated Urgencies of Climate Change and Globalisation in the High Arctic: Three Stories from Qaanaaq - Astrid Oberborbeck Andersen and Janne Flora 8. Counting: Health Emergencies and the Constitution of Extractive Natures in Northern Loreto, Peru - María A. Guzmán-Gallegos 9. Expansive Capitalism, Climate Change and Global Climate Mitigation Regimes: A Triple Burden on Forest Peoples in the Global South - Harold Wilhite and Cecilia G. Salinas 10. Climate Change, Oceanic Sovereignties and Maritime Economies in the Pacific - Edvard Hviding 11. Islands of Hope and Despair: Scaling the Collapses and the Collapse of Scales - Frank Sejersen 12. Using a Glacier Website to Promote Action and Build Community: Engaged Anthropology in the Digital Age - Ben Orlove, Kerry Milch and Laura Uguccioni Notes on Contributors Index

Reviews

'Presenting evidence from places as diverse as the Arctic, Mongolia and Peru, this volume testifies to the growing anthropological awareness of the link between global capitalism and climate change' -- Hans A Baer, author of 'Global Capitalism and Climate Change: The Need for an Alternative World System'

'This extraordinary volume spotlights the accelerating self-consuming metabolism of fossil-fueled modernity that is producing our overheated world. But it also reveals how the experience of overheating, and the optimal strategies for deceleration, vary by group and place. This is a must-read collection for anthropologists critically engaged with the Anthropocene trajectory' -- Dominic Boyer, author of 'The Life Informatic: Newsmaking in the Digital Era' 'This excellent analysis of climate change and global 'overheating' is underpinned by studies that demonstrate how it is experienced in diverse cultural and geographical contexts. Every researcher, politician and activist seeking ways to avert ecological and social meltdown should read this book' -- Veronica Strang, author of 'Water: Nature and Culture' 'Presenting evidence from places as diverse as the Arctic, Mongolia and Peru, this volume testifies to the growing anthropological awareness of the link between global capitalism and climate change' -- Hans A Baer, author of 'Global Capitalism and Climate Change: The Need for an Alternative World System'

'This excellent analysis of climate change and global 'overheating' is underpinned by studies that demonstrate how it is experienced in diverse cultural and geographical contexts. Every researcher, politician and activist seeking ways to avert ecological and social meltdown should read this book' -- Veronica Strang, author of 'Water: Nature and Culture' 'Presenting evidence from places as diverse as the Arctic, Mongolia and Peru, this volume testifies to the growing anthropological awareness of the link between global capitalism and climate change' -- Hans A Baer, author of 'Global Capitalism and Climate Change: The Need for an Alternative World System'

Author Information

Astrid B. Stensrud is Associate Professor at the Department of Global Development and Planning, University of Agder. She is the co-editor of Climate, Capitalism and Communities (Pluto, 2019) and a contributor to Waterworlds (Berghahn, 2016) and Identity Destabilised (Pluto, 2016). Thomas Hylland Eriksen is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo and former President of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA). He is the author of numerous classics of anthropology, including Small Places, Large Issues, Ethnicity and Nationalism and What is Anthropology?

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