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Planetární historie. Antropocén a estetika katastrof

Title in English Planetary history. The Anthropocene and the aesthetics of disaster
Authors

LIKAVČAN Lukáš

Year of publication 2017
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Člověk a společnost 19. století tváří v tvář katastrofě
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Field Philosophy and religion
Keywords Anthropocene; Aesthetics; History
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Description This paper deals with the currently often used key concept of the Anthropocene, presenting associated discussions on its history, aesthetics and natural-cultural dualism. The text conceives the Anthropocene as a key term that forms the basis for a distinctive conceptual apparatus which can also be used in the history and philosophy of art. The author examines the concept of the Anthropocene both as the convergence of historical and geological time and as a proposed accelerationist aesthetics attempting to deal with issues, the representation of which is dealt with by the Anthropocene concept, whether in political, symbolic or non-cognitive terms.

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