About the book
In Responding to the Anthropocene, fifteen scholars from across the University of Oslo give you a personal and insightful account of their research and how it relates to the epochal concept of the Anthropocene – the era in which humanity has left persisting marks on the earth’s geology and biogeochemistry, and we risk irreversible and catastrophic environmental damage and climate change. The essays are written by scholars of a dozen different academic backgrounds and provide a varied toolkit to help us better grasp, further dissect and respond to the phenomenon of the Anthropocene.
"Radical interdisciplinarity is essential", argues Thomas Hylland Eriksen, anthropologist and co-editor of the volume. He points to the implicit dialogue between the different academic disciplines as one of the most important aspects that the new book brings to the ongoing reflection on the Anthropocene. He continues:
"The contributors connect their existential, personal engagement to their professional, scholarly work in a way rarely seen in academia. We believe the book to have a great potential appeal, not only for these reasons, but also because it offers a great number of complementary perspectives, a lot of knowledge and perhaps a bit of wisdom about the state of the world."
The volume is edited by Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Ursula Münster and Sara Asu Schroer. It contains essays written by Dag O. Hessen, Henrik H. Svensen, Beate Sjåfjell, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Helge Jordheim, Andrea J. Nightingale and Muriel Côte, Felix Riede and Per Ditlef Fredriksen, Mariel Aguilar-Støen, Kristin Asdal, Marianne Elisabeth Lien, Ina Blom, and Sissel Furuseth, with an epilogue written by Mette Halskov Hansen.
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Read the book
Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Ursula Münster and Sara Asu Schroer: Responding to the Anthropocene: Perspectives from twelve academic disciplines, Forente Forlag AS / Scandinavian Academic Press, 2023