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2 - The “Anthropocene” in Global Change Science: Expertise, the Earth, and the Future of Humanity

from Part I - The Conceptual Politics of the Anthropocene: Science, Philosophy, and Culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2019

Frank Biermann
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Eva Lövbrand
Affiliation:
Linköpings Universitet, Sweden
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