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Untimely Ecology: A Genealogy of Biosphere to Rethink Temporality in the Anthropocene.

Authors :
Maureira, Marco
Source :
Theory, Culture & Society; Mar2024, Vol. 41 Issue 2, p37-55, 19p
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

One of the critical challenges of our contemporary world is rethinking temporality to face the global catastrophe of the Anthropocene. Recent theories in social sciences and philosophy envision a new conceptualization of our biosphere in which human and non-human life forms, inert objects, and technological devices are entangled. However, these approaches present two major problems: a) they affirm that organic and inorganic processes are ontologically symmetrical and have the same type of agency; and b) they consider that technicity on planet Earth emerges in the hominization process. In this work, we will develop a genealogy of our biosphere that proposes an ecological and untimely alternative: life, from its earliest beginning, is a technical phenomenon that changes the face of the universe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
02632764
Volume :
41
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Theory, Culture & Society
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
175872487
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/02632764231188322