The Climate of History in a Planetary Age

The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 293
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ISBN-10 : 9780226732862
ISBN-13 : 022673286X
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Book Synopsis The Climate of History in a Planetary Age by : Dipesh Chakrabarty

Download or read book The Climate of History in a Planetary Age written by Dipesh Chakrabarty and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction : intimations of the planetary -- The globe and the planet. Four theses; Conjoined histories; The planet : a humanist category -- The difficulty of being modern. The difficulty of being modern; Planetary aspirations : reading a suicide in India; In the ruins of an enduring fable -- Facing the planetary. Anthropocene time -- Toward an anthropological clearing -- Postscript : the global reveals the planetary : a conversation with Bruno Latour.


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