Abstract
Measured in terms of its dissemination and the resonances it generates, the term Anthropocene has had and continues to have an extraordinarily successful career. This career can be attributed neither to its factual accuracy alone nor to non-scientific criteria. Instead, the history of ideas provides the clues for understanding its terminological success and its evolution. More precisely, the term Anthropocene congenially bundled previously prominent ideas – namely environmental styles of thought, planetary perspectives, and transformation imperatives. As a consequence the term Anthropocene evolved from a mere observational category to an encompassing categorical formula for perceiving the world with yet unknown ontoepistemological effects for Geography as a discipline.
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