Hope in the Anthropocene : Agency, Governance and Negation

Edinburgh University Press

Hope in the AnthropoceneAgency, Governance and Negation\nAuthor(s): Valerie Waldow, Pol Bargus, David Chandler\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Edinburgh University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edinburgh University Press\nISBN-13: 9781399529860, 978-1399529860\nSynopsis\nNew modes of Hope have emerged in the Anthropocene, increasingly grounded in an ethics of attentiveness and responsibility. Through incorporating contemporary approaches to both theory and policy practice, including critical, feminist, black and indigenous perspectives, this book analyses how Hope works with the uncertainties and interdependencies of human agency and interaction. It draws out the problems of integrating Hope into governance and policy management, and engages with Hope as a potentially negating force, in a world which can be seen as one of unending catastrophe.