The Anthropocene Crisis

A World System Science Approach

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Natural scientists have joined forces to develop Earth System Science (ESS), a bold response to the mounting contradiction between the planet's limits and humanity's accelerating demands. However, interdisciplinary insights from social scientists are urgently needed to understand the various ways in which social and natural systems relate to each other, and to analyse the driving social forces within the anthroposphere. This timely volume is a rallying call for a 'World System Science' (WSS) in which social scientists and historians would step into this gap. International Relations experts draw from the fields of history, economics, and sociology to develop methodologies for a social science-led response to the political challenges of the Anthropocene. They identify areas of common ground where Earth System Science and World System Science might work together to generate and promote planetary stewardship, improving humanity's chances of surviving the Anthropocene crisis and looming tipping points in the earth system.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-10-31
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor270
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009863988

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Mathias Albert is Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University, Germany. He is the author of many books and articles including A Theory of World Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2016). Barry Buzan is Professor Emeritus in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His many publications include Making Global Society: A Study of Humankind Across Three Eras (Cambridge University Press, 2023).

Preface; Part I. Introduction: World System Science and Earth System Science: 1. Introducing the project and the framework Mathias Albert and Barry Buzan; 2. The global tipping points report 2023: a response from world system science Barry Buzan; Part II. Past and Future as Methodological Approaches: 3. World system collapse: two precedents for a possible Anthropocene future, 1250–900 BCE and 350–800 CE Iver B. Neumann; 4. World system futures: scenarios for the twenty-first century Heikki Patomäki; Part III. World System Studies for the Anthropocene: 5. Nothing can make sense to us except in the light of culture: the earth–world nexus in evolutionary time Inanna Hamati-Ataya; 6. Addressing 'growthism' in world system science Heikki Patomäki and Rubén Vezzoni; 7. One planet, many species: towards a multispecies justice framework for world system science research on earth's tipping points Joana Castro Pereira; Part IV. Conclusions: 8. 'Poly-periodization': relating social and natural systems through system histories Mathias Albert and Zoltán Boldizsár Simon; 9. Conclusions: towards world system science Barry Buzan and Mathias Albert; References; Index.

'The new circumstances of the Anthropocene and the severity of the global ecological crisis demand a comprehensive response from the social sciences. Here, drawing on a diverse range of contemporary scholarship in this carefully crafted volume, is a convincing proposal for a sophisticated world system science, one with the necessary scope and methodological rigour to accomplish this urgent albeit daunting task.' Simon Dalby, Professor Emeritus, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University