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VOL. 5, ISSUE 2 (2023)
Anthropocene: A critical engagement
Authors
Ankita Ojha
Abstract
The world is facing an unprecedented change in the climatic
conditions. Many
scholars, scientists, and historians have agreed to name this period the ‘Anthropocene’
1. Social-Science Academia
has started engaging with the concepts in the past few decades to understand
the impact of such weather changes and provide normative understanding along
with a practical policy framework. ‘Anthropocene’ has become a dominant framework
in understanding and theorising climate-induced change in order to sensitise
everyone towards such change. However, its
critics have pointed out the inability of the concept to bring any practical
changes on the one hand and the production of jargonised language on the other
hand. This paper is an effort to understand the theorisation of the term by
focusing on Dipesh Chakarborty’s book “The
Climate of History in a Planetary Age” and other texts. We argue that rather
than an overarching theoretical spectacle, one must situate the debate in the
local context and provide alternatives based on contextual understanding, not
grand theorisation.
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Pages:1-3
How to cite this article:
Ankita Ojha "Anthropocene: A critical engagement". International Journal of Sociology and Political Science, Vol 5, Issue 2, 2023, Pages 1-3
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