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New book: Developing Earthly Attachments in the Anthropocene

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4 mei 2021

On Kings Day a book on earthly attachments from professor and chair Edward Huijbens was published. Some semi-autobiographical meanderings through Dutch/Icelandic timespace to open our hearts and minds to our Earth.

This book explores the development and significance of an Earth-oriented progressive approach to fostering global wellbeing and inclusive societies in an era of climate change and uncertainty.

Developing Earthly Attachments in the Anthropocene examines the ways in which the Earth has become a source of political, social, and cultural theory in times of global climate change. The book explains how the Earth contributes to the creation of a regenerative culture, drawing examples from the Netherlands and Iceland. These examples offer understandings of how legacies of non-respectful exploitative practices culminating in the rapid post-war growth of global consumption have resulted in impacts on the ecosystem, highlighting the challenges of living with planet Earth. The book familiarizes readers with the implied agencies of the Earth which become evident in our reliance on the carbon economy – a factor of modern-day globalized capitalism responsible for global environmental change and emergency. It also suggests ways to inspire and develop new ways of spatial sense making for those seeking earthly attachments.

https://www.routledge.com/Developing-Earthly-Attachments-in-the-Anthropocene/Huijbens/p/book/9780367566463