Abstract
The Anthropocene has created a new cartography. It moves between the rejection of scientific disciplines, overcoming dualism and a change of coordinates with which to interpret the world. The Anthropocene unites two fields of knowledge: geology and anthropology. The “Axial Age” divides daily practices (the World of life) and the objective view of nature (the World of science). The Anthropocene” by Paul J. Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer has two distinct parts; the first establishes “a period of time”, and the second establishes an “epistemic tool”. This paper is intended to illustrate the epistemological dimension of the Anthropocene. Eduard Suess, Antonio Stopani, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Vladimir Vernadsky, etc., anticipated the concept of the Anthropocene a century ago. The hypothesis of the earth as a “living organism” is inspired by the Goethean Science or Naturwissenschaft of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It reinforces the character of “rupture” that the Anthropocene has. The Gaia Hypothesis, which is built from elements of Earth science systems, sees the pressing need for a global system and to overcome the barriers between disciplines. The Anthropocene allows both ancient quarrels and the roots of philosophical thought to be reviewed. The metamorphosis linked to the Anthropocene represents the interplay between “collapse” and “awakening”. Focus on the objectivity of the “primary effects”—the “public bads”—leads to the imminent ecological apocalypse. If we focus on “secondary effects”, we observe the metamorphosis of “public bads” into “public goods”. The “good” hides behind the “evil”. We are not at the end of Civilization; we are before new beginnings, new rules, new structures. The Anthropocene could save the world thanks to the metamorphosis of our consciousness of the world.
Highlights
The term Anthropocene was introduced in 2000 by Paul J
If what changes are the certainties on which social theory is based, we are not dealing with change but with “metamorphosis”
Through an “anthropological shock”, triggers what Ulrich Beck (2016) defines as a triple metamorphosis: categorical, institutional and political-normative
Summary
The term Anthropocene was introduced in 2000 by Paul J. Social theory explains the reproduction of the social order (Beck 2016). For this reason, the Anthropocene, exposed by Paul J. The term Anthropocene initially emerged from the Earth System science community. The reconceptualization of the Anthropocene from the social sciences is not an unprecedented perspective. The scientific approach might be overly narrow and restrictive; for that reason the perspectives and insights of the humanities and social sciences should be at the forefront of analysis (Zalasiewicz et al 2021). The Anthropocene would not have taken place without the emergence of Earth System science in the 1980s and 1990s and ecological thinking that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s
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