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Climate and beyond: the production of knowledge about the earth as a signpost of social change ; an introduction
Klima und anderes mehr: Wissensproduktion über die Erde als Indikator für Sozialen Wandel ; eine Einleitung
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Abstract Environmental history and the history of the earth and environmental sciences are now converging in three fields of research: analyzing the politics of deep time, reconstructing the making of natural disaster knowledge, and exploring the national and transnational devices and strategies of earth gov... view more
Environmental history and the history of the earth and environmental sciences are now converging in three fields of research: analyzing the politics of deep time, reconstructing the making of natural disaster knowledge, and exploring the national and transnational devices and strategies of earth governance established in the twentieth century. We argue that including the global physical world in our historical analysis will help us to better understand the social world – past and present.... view less
Keywords
knowledge; social change; natural disaster; indicator; climate
Classification
Ecology, Environment
Free Keywords
environmental history; history of earth sciences; deep time; natural disasters; earth governance
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 7-21
Journal
Historical Social Research, 40 (2015) 2
Issue topic
Climate and beyond: knowledge production about the earth as a signpost of social change
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.40.2015.2.7-21
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed