The proposition that we now live on a radically transformed and damaged planet is uncomfortable and troubling. It suggests a dangerous rupture in the earth’s trajectory that calls for new ways of thinking about safety, protection and collective survival. For many the Anthropocene marks an existential moment for modern civilization that radically unsettles the nature/culture divide that under pins much of Western philosophy, science and politics. Faced with the devastating effects of melting Arctic ice sheets, loss of critical habitats and mass species extinction, the idea that we can secure humanity against external threats is precisely the problem that needs to be overcome. In a time when our global modes … Continue reading Eva Lövbrand, Malin Mobjörk and Rickard Söder