Times of History, Times of Nature : : Temporalization and the Limits of Modern Knowledge / / ed. by Staffan Bergwik, Anders Ekström.

As climate change becomes an increasingly important part of public discourse, the relationship between time in nature and history is changing. Nature can no longer be considered a slow and immobile background to human history, and the future can no longer be viewed as open and detached from the past...

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Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Time and the World: Interdisciplinary Studies in Cultural Transformations Series
Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
List of Figures --
Introduction Dividing Times --
Part I. Eras of Synchronization --
Chapter 1. Stratigraphies of Time and History: Beyond the Outrages upon Humanity’s Self-Love --
Chapter 2. Th e Production and Distribution of Synchronized Time in Sweden, 1850–1914 --
Chapter 3. Environmental Times: Synchronizing Human-Earth Temporalities from Annales to Anthropocene, 1920s–2020s --
Part II. Biocultural Times --
Chapter 4. Forest Time and the Passions of Economic Man --
Chapter 5. Little Red Ring Binders: Early Red List Temporalities --
Chapter 6. Oil and Vikings: Temporal Alignments within Norwegian Petroleum Fields --
Part III. Time-Binding Knowledges and Visual Genres --
Chapter 7. Temporal Poetics of Planetary Transformations: Alexander von Humboldt and the Geo-anthropological History of the Americas --
Chapter 8. Discovering Moravian History: Th e Many Times and Sources of an Unknown Land, 1830–1860 --
Chapter 9. Synchronizing Nature and Culture: Mediating Time in Geochronology and Dendrochronology, 1900–1945 --
Part IV. Recording and Envisioning Climate Times --
Chapter 10. On Record: Political Temperature and the Temporalities of Climate Change --
Chapter 11. Model Time and Target Years: On the End of Time in IPCC Futures --
Chapter 12. Encountering the Geological Live: Temporalization in the Age of Natural Media --
Conclusion --
Index
Summary:As climate change becomes an increasingly important part of public discourse, the relationship between time in nature and history is changing. Nature can no longer be considered a slow and immobile background to human history, and the future can no longer be viewed as open and detached from the past. Times of History, Times of Nature engages with this historical shift in temporal sensibilities through a combination of detailed case studies and synthesizing efforts. Focusing on the history of knowledge, media theory, and environmental humanities, this volume explores the rich and nuanced notions of time and temporality that have emerged in response to climate change.
ISBN:1800733356
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Staffan Bergwik, Anders Ekström.