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ISBN: 978-1-5036-1495-6 , 978-1-5036-2755-0

Note: We need a new philosophy of the earth. Geological time used to refer to slow and gradual processes, but today we are watching land sink into the sea and forests transform into deserts. We can even see the creation of new geological strata made of plastic, chicken bones, and other waste that could remain in the fossil record for millennia or longer. Crafting a philosophy of geology that rewrites natural and human history from the broader perspective of movement, Thomas Nail provides a new materialist, kinetic ethics of the earth that speaks to this moment. Climate change and other ecological disruptions challenge us to reconsider the deep history of minerals, atmosphere, plants, and animals and to take a more process-oriented perspective that sees humanity as part of the larger cosmic and terrestrial drama of mobility and flow. Building on his earlier work on the philosophy of movement, Nail argues that we should shift our biocentric emphasis from conservation to expenditure, flux, and planetary diversity. Theory of the Earth urges us to rethink our ethical relationship to one another, the planet, and the cosmos at large. , The flow of matter -- The fold of elements -- The planetary fields -- Centripetal minerality -- Hadean Earth -- Centrifugal atmospherics -- Archean Earth I : pneumatology -- Archean Earth II : biogenesis -- Tensional vegetality -- Proterozoic Earth -- Elastic animality -- Phanerozoic Earth I : kinomorphology -- Phanerozoic Earth II : terrestrialization -- Kinocene Earth -- Kinocene ethics -- Conclusion : the future

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Subjects: Philosophy

Keywords: Geologie ; Stratigraphie ; Philosophie ; History ; History

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 337 Seiten) , Illustrationen

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Content: "We need a new way to think about the Earth. Instead of perceiving the Earth as a static object, subject, substance, or essence in isolation from the cosmos, we need a theory that takes into account Earth's constant motion. In Theory of the Earth, Thomas Nail articulates an original process-based geological theory of the Earth that not only ushers in a new philosophy of geology, but which also offers us important lessons for understanding the Anthropocene and our possible responses to climate change"--

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Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Nail, Thomas Theory of the earth Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2021 ISBN 9781503627550

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Language: English

Subjects: Earth Sciences

Keywords: Klimaänderung ; Geologie

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Format: 1 online resource (348 pages)

ISBN: 1-5036-2756-X

Content: We need a new philosophy of the earth. Geological time used to refer to slow and gradual processes, but today we are watching land sink into the sea and forests transform into deserts. We can even see the creation of new geological strata made of plastic, chicken bones, and other waste that could remain in the fossil record for millennia or longer. Crafting a philosophy of geology that rewrites natural and human history from the broader perspective of movement, Thomas Nail provides a new materialist, kinetic ethics of the earth that speaks to this moment. Climate change and other ecological disruptions challenge us to reconsider the deep history of minerals, atmosphere, plants, and animals and to take a more process-oriented perspective that sees humanity as part of the larger cosmic and terrestrial drama of mobility and flow. Building on his earlier work on the philosophy of movement, Nail argues that we should shift our biocentric emphasis from conservation to expenditure, flux, and planetary diversity. Theory of the Earth urges us to rethink our ethical relationship to one another, the planet, and the cosmos at large.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Illustrations -- , Introduction -- , PART I: GEOKINETICS: THE KINETIC EARTH -- , 1 The Flow of Matter -- , 2 The Fold of Elements -- , 3 The Planetary Field -- , PART II HISTORY OF THE EARTH -- , 4 Centripetal Minerality -- , 5 Hadean Earth -- , 6 Centrifugal Atmospherics -- , 7 Archean Earth I: Pneumatology -- , 8 Archean Earth II: Biogenesis -- , 9 Tensional Vegetality -- , 10 Proterozoic Earth -- , 11 Elastic Animality -- , 12 Phanerozoic Earth I: Kinomorphology -- , 13 Phanerozoic Earth II Terrestrialization -- , PART III THE KINOCENE: A DYING EARTH -- , 14 Kinocene Earth -- , 15 Kinocene Ethics -- , Conclusion The Future -- , Notes -- , Index

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-5036-1495-6

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781503627567