Anthropocene Debate and Political Science

Thomas Hickmann is a Post-Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Potsdam in Germany.Lena Partzsch is a Professor of Environmental and Development Policy at the University of Freiburg in Germany.Philipp Pattberg is a Professor of Transnational Environmental Governance and Policy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in The Netherlands.Sabine Weiland is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Lille Catholic University, affiliated with the European School of Political and Social Sciences (ESPOL) in France.

• List of FiguresList of TablesNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgements1. Introduction: A Political Science Perspective on the Anthropocene Thomas Hickmann, Lena Partzsch, Philipp Pattberg and Sabine WeilandI Theories and Concepts2. A Natural History for the 21st century: Rethinking the Anthropocene Narrative with Arendt and Adorno Maike Weißpflug3. Disentangling Descriptions and Responses to the Anthropocene: Norms and Implications of Scientific Representations of the Earth System Johannes Lundershausen4. The Anthropocene and Governance: Critical Reflections on Conceptual Relations Basil Bornemann5. International Theory in the Anthropocene: Moving beyond Species, State, and GovernanceFranziska MüllerII Governance and Practices6. Security Studies and the Discourse on the Anthropocene: Shortcomings, Challenges, and Opportunities Judith Nora Hardt7. Global Climate Governance as Boundary Object: Making the Meaning of the AnthropoceneLukas Hermwille8. From ‘Talking the Talk" to "Walking the Walk"? Multi-Level Global Governance of the Anthropocene in Indonesia Chris Höhne9. Agricultural Governance in the Anthropocene: A Research Agenda Sandra SchwindenhammerIII Critical Perspectives and Implications10. Sustainability Impact Assessment of Land Use Changes in the Anthropocene Till Hermanns and Qirui Li11. The Nuclear Legacy in the Anthropocene: Interrelations between Nature, Technology, and Society Dörte Themann and Achim Brunnengräber12. Worlds Apart? The Global South and the Anthropocene Jens Marquardt13. The Anthropocene Concept as a Wake-Up Call for Reforming Democracy Jörg Tremmel14. Conclusions: Towards a ‘Deep Debate’ on the Anthropocene Thomas Hickmann, Lena Partzsch, Philipp Pattberg and Sabine WeilandIndex

"This remarkable collection very nicely combines conceptual, political and critical perspectives on the Anthropocene. All articles show that political science can contribute to a better understanding of the Anthropocene, but also that political science has to evolve in order to take up the challenges we face in this new era." -- Markus Lederer, Chair of International Relations, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany"Can a geological epoch have politics? The Anthropocene Debate and Political Science invites us to takes this question seriously and to bring political analysis into the center of contemporary environmental debates. A timely and innovative investigation into the political life of the Anthropocene." -- Eva Lövbrand, Department of Thematic Studies: Environmental Change, Linköping University, Sweden"The Anthropocene has conquered most public and scholarly debates on the human-nature nexus – and has often been greeted without deeper reflection about the term’s social and political implications. This superb and innovative volume addresses this gap and brings political science into a timely and much-needed dialogue with the Anthropocene concept." -- Fariborz Zelli, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Lund University, Sweden