El giro antropocénico. Sociedad y medio ambiente en la era global

• Manuel Arias Maldonado ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Málaga

     Universidad de Málaga

     Málaga, España

     
• Localización: Política y sociedad, ISSN-e 1988-3129, ISSN 1130-8001, Vol. 53, Nº 3, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: El saber social de los griegos antiguos. En recuerdo de Enrique Gómez Arboleya), págs. 795-814
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5209/rev_poso.2016.v53.n3.49508
• Títulos paralelos:
  • The Anthropocenic Turn. Society and the Environment in the Global Age
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  • español

    De acuerdo con los datos amasados por los científicos naturales, la colonización humana de la naturaleza ha alcanzado tal grado que hay razones para pensar que hemos dejado atrás el Holoceno para adentrarnos en una nueva era geológica caracterizada por la influencia humana sobre el funcionamiento del sistema planetario global: el Antropoceno. Lejos de constituir una mera curiosidad científica, esta recategorización de las relaciones entre el ser humano y medio ambiente global constituye un giro epistemológico de profundas consecuencias normativas, que plantea nuevos desafíos para la especie en su conjunto. Este trabajo explora los orígenes y el contenido de esta hipótesis, prestando especial atención a sus efectos sobre la autocomprensión de la especie, así como a sus implicaciones morales y políticas. El Antropoceno representa una prometedora oportunidad para reenmarcar la cada vez más relevante dimensión ambiental del debate sobre la buena sociedad y para reorganizar las relaciones socionaturales con arreglo a parámetros sostenibles

  • English

    According to natural scientists, human colonization of nature has reached such degree that there are reasons to conclude that we have left behind the Holocene and we are entering into a new geological age featured by the human influence on the global planetary system: the Anthropocene. Far from being just a scientific curiosity, the latter represents an epistemological turn with deep normative consequences, as it does pose new challenges for the species as a whole. This paper explores the origins and content of the hypothesis, paying special attention to its effects on humanity’s self-representation, as well as to its moral and political implications. The Anthropocene seems to be a promising opportunity for reframing the -increasingly relevant- ecological dimension of the debate on the good society and for reorganizing socionatural relations according to sustainable standards

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