Annotated Bibliography
Topic: We live in a post-nature world but environmentalism is not dead.
Arias-Maldonado, Manuel. "Rethinking Sustainability in the Anthropocene." Environmental Politics 22.3 (2013): 428-46. (Gabriella Monagan)
In the article “Rethinking Sustainability in the Anthropocene,” political theorist Manuel Arias-Maldonado reframes the concept of sustainability and its socio-natural relationship to define a new form of environmentalism in the Anthropocene epoch. The rise of climate change has exposed the flaws with the current view of sustainability, which is defined as restoring an old harmony with nature. However, sustainability in this sense does not acknowledge the hybrid human-nature relationship which instead would …show more content…
“The Anthropocenic Turn: Theorizing Sustainability in a
Postnatural Age.” Sustainability 8.1 (2016): 1-17. (Rebecca Poon)
In the article “The Anthropocenic Turn: Theorizing Sustainability in a Postnatural Age,” political theorist Manuel Arias-Maldonado accentuates and reiterates the fact that the advance of the Anthropocene cannot be overlooked by environmental sociologists “if a realistic understanding of sustainability is to be produced” (Arias-Maldonado, 1). He outlines a few definitions of the Anthropocene and the problems created as a result of neglecting classical sociology as well as socio-natural determinism in this age. He explores the degree to which natural capital should be substituted and how this possibility of sustainability should be addressed. He presents the idea that nature and humanity are entangled, with no route back to whatever state it was in prior to the present. Consequently, sustainability no longer implicates preservation of the Earth’s natural aspects, but rather “involves designing a socionatural relation that can be maintained in the long term” (11). Following this view, Maldonado revisits sustainability revolving around types of capital, this time with the introduction of manufactured and cultivated capital and how underlying morals directed at sustainability can harness the use of these types of capital to create sustainable options. Although Arias-Maldonado does not explicitly mention the role of the opposing side …show more content…
Robinson reinforces the idea of sustainable environmental management in a way that all nations should cooperate and foster resilience. He brings up a question, as humans stumble into the Anthropocene, environmental management is necessary but insufficient to guide towards sustainability anymore, a new action is required. Robinson goes into abundant, detailed techniques and approaches in system designs, legal and management norms and adapting procedures. In addition, he mentions the importance of cooperation and resilience for sustainable development and how humans can slowly achieve the holistic realm of environmental stewardship. This research is useful to my topic because it discusses the boundary of current sustainable development in
Topic: We live in a post-nature world but environmentalism is not dead.
Arias-Maldonado, Manuel. "Rethinking Sustainability in the Anthropocene." Environmental Politics 22.3 (2013): 428-46. (Gabriella Monagan)
In the article “Rethinking Sustainability in the Anthropocene,” political theorist Manuel Arias-Maldonado reframes the concept of sustainability and its socio-natural relationship to define a new form of environmentalism in the Anthropocene epoch. The rise of climate change has exposed the flaws with the current view of sustainability, which is defined as restoring an old harmony with nature. However, sustainability in this sense does not acknowledge the hybrid human-nature relationship which instead would …show more content…
“The Anthropocenic Turn: Theorizing Sustainability in a
Postnatural Age.” Sustainability 8.1 (2016): 1-17. (Rebecca Poon)
In the article “The Anthropocenic Turn: Theorizing Sustainability in a Postnatural Age,” political theorist Manuel Arias-Maldonado accentuates and reiterates the fact that the advance of the Anthropocene cannot be overlooked by environmental sociologists “if a realistic understanding of sustainability is to be produced” (Arias-Maldonado, 1). He outlines a few definitions of the Anthropocene and the problems created as a result of neglecting classical sociology as well as socio-natural determinism in this age. He explores the degree to which natural capital should be substituted and how this possibility of sustainability should be addressed. He presents the idea that nature and humanity are entangled, with no route back to whatever state it was in prior to the present. Consequently, sustainability no longer implicates preservation of the Earth’s natural aspects, but rather “involves designing a socionatural relation that can be maintained in the long term” (11). Following this view, Maldonado revisits sustainability revolving around types of capital, this time with the introduction of manufactured and cultivated capital and how underlying morals directed at sustainability can harness the use of these types of capital to create sustainable options. Although Arias-Maldonado does not explicitly mention the role of the opposing side …show more content…
Robinson reinforces the idea of sustainable environmental management in a way that all nations should cooperate and foster resilience. He brings up a question, as humans stumble into the Anthropocene, environmental management is necessary but insufficient to guide towards sustainability anymore, a new action is required. Robinson goes into abundant, detailed techniques and approaches in system designs, legal and management norms and adapting procedures. In addition, he mentions the importance of cooperation and resilience for sustainable development and how humans can slowly achieve the holistic realm of environmental stewardship. This research is useful to my topic because it discusses the boundary of current sustainable development in