The arrival of the Anthropocene in social theory: From modernism and Marxism towards a new materialism

• Published in: The Sociological review (Keele) Vol. 71; no. 1; pp. 243 - 260
• Main Author: Ejsing, Mads
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2023; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Anthropocene; Humans; Marxism; Materialism; Modernism; Narratives; Natural sciences; Political philosophy; Research subjects; Social sciences; Social theories; Anthropocene; new materialism; eco-Marxism; ecomodernism; storying

Since its origin in the natural sciences in the early 2000s, the concept of the Anthropocene has spread far and wide. Following the concept’s journey away from the natural sciences, where it was invented to designate the advent of a new geological epoch, and into the social and human sciences, its m...