"This book argues that the Anthropocene terminology works ideologically in support of a neoliberal financialization of nature, anthropocentric political economy, and endorsement of geoengineering as the preferred—but likely disastrous—method of approaching climate change."
Source
Demos, T.J., 2017. Against the Anthropocene. Visual Culture and Environment Today.
Cite as
T.J. Demos, "Against the Anthropocene. Visual Culture and Environment Today (2017)", contributed by Tim Schütz, Center for Ethnography, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 9 February 2020, accessed 2 May 2024. http://centerforethnography.org/content/against-anthropocene-visual-culture-and-environment-today-2017
Critical Commentary
From the cover text:
"This book argues that the Anthropocene terminology works ideologically in support of a neoliberal financialization of nature, anthropocentric political economy, and endorsement of geoengineering as the preferred—but likely disastrous—method of approaching climate change."