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A radically different environmental challenge. Reflections on the anthropocene turn in ecology

Publication |
2020

Abstract

It has been talked about for twenty years, but so far mostly beyond our western borders. What does anthropocene actually mean and why is it worth thinking about it in ecological contexts? After an anthropocene turn in ecology (as a scientific discipline), is the basic belief of traditional environmentalism (as one of the modern worldviews) in an age-old natural harmony, in which modern civilization interferes in a destructive way, still sustainable.