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1 online resource (vi, 336 pages) : illustrations |
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nat Americans |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The flow of matter -- The fold of elements -- The planetary field -- Centripetal minerality -- Hadean Earth -- Centrifugal atmospherics -- Archean Earth I : pneumatology -- Archean Earth II : biogenesis -- Tensional vegetality -- Proterozoic Earth -- Elastic animality -- Phanerozoic Earth I : kinomorphology -- Phanerozoic Earth II : terrestrialization -- Kinocene Earth -- Kinocene ethics -- Conclusion : the future. |
| Summary |
"We need a new way to think about the Earth. Instead of perceiving the Earth as a static object, subject, substance, or essence in isolation from the cosmos, we need a theory that takes into account Earth's constant motion. In Theory of the Earth, Thomas Nail articulates an original process-based geological theory of the Earth that not only ushers in a new philosophy of geology, but which also offers us important lessons for understanding the Anthropocene and our possible responses to climate change"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
Thomas Nail is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Denver. He is the author of The Figure of the Migrant (Stanford, 2015) and Being and Motion (2018). |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Geology -- Philosophy.
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Geology -- Philosophy. |
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Geology, Stratigraphic -- Anthropocene.
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Earth (Planet) -- History -- Philosophy.
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Earth (Planet) |
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Philosophy. |
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History. |
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Holocene. |
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Geology, Stratigraphic. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nail, Thomas. Theory of the Earth Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2021. 9781503614956 (DLC) 2020037817 |
| ISBN |
9781503627567 epub |
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150362756X epub |
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9781503614956 hardcover |
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9781503627550 paperback |
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