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The Anthropocene is heralded as a new epoch distinguishing itself from all foregoing eons in the history of the Earth. It is characterized by the overarching importance of the human species in a number of respects, but also by the recognition of human dependence and precariousness. A critical human turn affecting the human condition is still in the process of arriving in the wake of an initial Copernican Revolution and Kant's ensuing second Copernican Counter-revolution.Within this landscape, issues concerning the human - its finitude, responsiveness, responsibility, maturity, auto-affection and relationship to itself - appear rephrased and re-accentuated as decisive probing questions. In this book Sverre Raffnsoe explores how the change has ramifications for the kinds of knowledge that can be acquired concerning human beings and for the human sciences as a study of human existential beings in the world.
Contents
IntroductionThe Hour of the Pig...The Hour of Man?Redefining Humans and the Human ConditionNew VistasFirst Investigation:Exploring the role of Humans in the Anthropocene Landscape1. The Opening of a New Chapter in the World's History2. A Prominent Role in a Landscape Lush with Mutual Mediation3. The (Post)human ConditionSecond Investigation:Exploring the Human Turn as a Challenge for Humans and the Sciences4. The turn within and of the Human5. The Human Turn as it Appears within Central Fields of Knowledge, Capabilities and Skills6. The Human Turn: A Challenge for the Human Sciences7. Man at the Centre - the Legacy of the Humanities8. The Human Turn: A Turn within the Human Sciences9. A Copernican Turn
