Short description:

This book defines for readers the ecological epoch known as the Anthropocene and brings together an interdisciplinary roster of researchers and scholars to address key imminent challenges to human society posed by climate crisis. The work also analyzes and provides a constructive vision on the relationship between social justice and the media.

Long description:

Environment, Social Justice, and the Media in the Age of Anthropocene addresses three imminent challenges to human society in the age of the Anthropocene. The first challenge involves the survival of the species; the second the breakdown of social justice; and the third the inability of the media to provide global audiences with an adequate orientation about these issues. The notion of the Anthropocene as a geological age shaped by human intervention implies a new understanding of the human context that influences the physical and biological sciences. Human existence continues to be affected by the physical and biological reality from which it evolved but, in turn, it affects that reality as well. This work addresses this paradox by bringing together the contributions of researchers from very different disciplines in conversation about the complex relationships between the physical/biological world and the human world to offer different perspectives and solutions in establishing social and environmental justice in the age of the Anthropocene.

Drawing on a diverse range of fields and approaches, this intellectually rigorous essay collection takes the Anthropocene debate beyond discussions of humanity's past to tackle the realities of our present and strategies for our future. This is an essential work for those who wish to understand both our current environmental crisis and the ways our socio-political institutions are failing to confront it.

Table of Contents:

Dobbins, Manca, Piga Introduction

Scarlato, William ?The Sower,? Engraving Scarlato

Scarlato, WilliamThe Sower: Interpretation of the Artist

Section 1: Defining the Anthropocene

Ch 1. Branca, D. Humanity in/of the Anthropocene: An Anthropological Perspective

Ch 2. Ferreri, E. The Anthropocene. A Socio-Anthropological Perspective

Ch 3. Romero, J. The model of deliberative democracy for the Anthropocene. From Jürgen Habermas to John Dryzek

Ch 4. Kloos, J.The Land Ethic in Light of the Divine Economy

Section 2: Ethical and Social Implications of the Anthropocene

Ch 5. Mannu, G. Ethics and Responsibility in the Anthropocene Era

Ch 6. MacCurdy, M.Justice, the Media, and the Power of Dissent

Ch 7. Piga, M.L.Second Lives/Second Chances: Promoting Social Inclusion

Ch 8. Esu & MaddanuFrom Modernity to Risk. Local Print Media Portraying Military Activity

Section 3: Media Interpretations of the Anthropocene

Ch 9. Dell?ultri, M.Consequences of Postmodernism

Ch 10. Dobbins, E.When Tribalism Trumps Science: The Role of Media in a Counterfactual Era

Ch 11. Kauth, J.M.Rhetoric of Denial: Framing the Apocalypse in Mainstream, Denialist, and Social Media

Ch 12. Macek, S. A Smog of Lies: The Media, The Environment and the Post-Truth Presidency of Donald Trump

Section 4: Spreading the Message in the Anthropocene

Ch 13. Manca, L. Journalism Education and the Environment in the Age of Anthropocene

Ch 14. Seely, P. Racism, Fascism, and Leftist Movements in American Popular Music

Ch 15. Challey & SeelyEcomusicology: Examining Environmental Messages Within Modern Music

Section 5: Tradition for the Future of the Anthropocene

Ch 16. Perra, L. Tradition can save the Future of Nature: biocentric view of Law

Ch 17. Camarda, I. Cultural Heritage of Ethnobotany: Statements of Principle and Effectiveness

Ch 18. Francioni, F.From the Global History to the Singleness and Uniqueness of the Territories

Ch 19. Montero, J. The Global and Utopian Empire of Alexander the Great: First Attempt at a United World

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