UID:
almahu_9949065569802882
Format:
1 online resource (150 p.)
ISBN:
9781478012030
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9783110696318
Series Statement:
Theory in Forms
Content:
In History 4° Celsius Ian Baucom continues his inquiries into the place of the Black Atlantic in the making of the modern and postmodern world. Putting black studies into conversation with climate change, Baucom outlines how the ongoing concerns of critical race, diaspora, and postcolonial studies are crucial to understanding the Anthropocene. He draws on materialist and post-materialist thought, Sartre, and the science of climate change to trace the ways in which evolving political, cultural, and natural history converge to shape a globally destructive force. Identifying the quest for limitless financial gain as the primary driving force behind both the slave trade and the continuing increase in global greenhouse gas emissions, Baucom demonstrates that climate change and the conditions of the Black Atlantic, colonialism, and the postcolony are fundamentally entwined. In so doing, he argues for the necessity of establishing a method of critical exchange between climate science, black studies, and the surrounding theoretical inquiries of humanism and posthumanism.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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1. Of Forces and Forcings --
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2. History 4° Celsius: Search for a Method --
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3. The View from the Shore --
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Coda. The Youngest Day --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DUP Frontlist eBook-Package 2020, De Gruyter, 9783110696318
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English, De Gruyter, 9783110704716
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020, De Gruyter, 9783110704518
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Linguistics 2020 English, De Gruyter, 9783110704761
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Linguistics 2020, De Gruyter, 9783110704563
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781478012030
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478012030
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781478012030
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478012030
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781478012030
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