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The Drama of the Anthropocene: Can Deep Ecology, Romanticism, and Renaissance Science Rebalance Nature and Culture?
Author(s) -
Schimelpfenig Robert
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/ajes.12196
Subject(s) - anthropocene , romanticism , the renaissance , epoch (astronomy) , environmental ethics , drama , history , natural (archaeology) , period (music) , ecology , astrobiology , archaeology , literature , philosophy , aesthetics , art , art history , biology , stars , physics , astronomy
In the late 20th century, scientists began to warn the public that human activity had begun to change planetary systems. Some have thus named the current geological epoch the Anthropocene, a period in which humans are degrading natural systems. This damage occurs in part because we have not come to terms with the dual character of human nature—being both inside and outside nature.