New Earth Histories : Geo-Cosmologies and the Making of the Modern World

Adam Bobbette

ISBN 10: 0226828603 / ISBN 13: 9780226828602

Edité par The University Of Chicago Press Nov 2023, 2023

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Neuware - 'This book brings the history of the geosciences and world cosmologies together, exploring many traditions, including Chinese, South and Southeast Asian, Pacific, Islamic, and Indigenous conceptions of earth's origin and makeup. Together the chapters ask: How have different ideas about the sacred, animate, and earthly changed modern environmental science How have different world traditions understood human and geological origins How does the inclusion of multiple cosmologies change the meaning of the Anthropocene and the ongoing global climate crisis By thinking carefully through and with other cosmologies, New Earth Histories sets a new agenda for history. The chapters consider debates about the age and structure of the earth, how humans and earth systems interact, and empire is conceived in multiple traditions. The methods the authors deploy are diverse-from cultural history, visual and material studies, and ethnography, to name a few-and the effect is to highlight how earth knowledge emerged from historically specific situations. New Earth Histories provides both a framework for studying science at a global scale and fascinating examples to educate as well as inspire future work. Essential reading for students and scholars of earth science history, environmental humanities, history of science and religion, and science and empire'.

N° de réf. du vendeur 9780226828602

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: New Earth Histories : Geo-Cosmologies and the Making of the Modern World
• Éditeur: The University Of Chicago Press Nov 2023
• Date de parution: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0226828603
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780226828602
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 228 L x 151 H x 28 P (en millimètres) 228 millimètres de largeur par 151 millimètres de hauteur par 28 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 610 grammes

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Synopsis

A kaleidoscopic rethinking of how we come to know the earth.

This book brings the history of the geosciences and world cosmologies together, exploring many traditions, including Chinese, Pacific, Islamic, South and Southeast Asian conceptions of the earth’s origin and makeup. Together the chapters ask: How have different ideas about the sacred, animate, and earthly changed modern environmental sciences? How have different world traditions understood human and geological origins? How does the inclusion of multiple cosmologies change the meaning of the Anthropocene and the global climate crisis? By carefully examining these questions, New Earth Histories sets an ambitious agenda for how we think about the earth.

The chapters consider debates about the age and structure of the earth, how humans and earth systems interact, and how empire has been conceived in multiple traditions. The methods the authors deploy are diverse—from cultural history and visual and material studies to ethnography, geography, and Indigenous studies—and the effect is to highlight how earth knowledge emerged from historically specific situations. New Earth Histories provides both a framework for studying science at a global scale and fascinating examples to educate as well as inspire future work. Essential reading for students and scholars of earth science history, environmental humanities, history of science and religion, and science and empire.

À propos des auteurs

Alison Bashford is Scientia Professor of History and Director of the Laureate Centre for History and Population at the University of New South Wales in Australia. She is Fellow of the British Academy and Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. In 2021, she received the Dan David Prize for her contributions to the history of medicine.

Emily M. Kern is assistant professor of history of science at the University of Chicago.

Adam Bobbette is a lecturer in geographical and earth sciences at the University of Glasgow.

Dipesh Chakrabarty is the Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History and South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He is the recipient of the 2014 Toynbee Prize, which is given to a distinguished practitioner of global history.