Abstract:This dissertation attempts to critically analyze the mobilization of the concept of the Anthropocene by Critical International Relations literature. It does so with a particular focus on the origins of the concept within Earth System Sciences (ESS), and within a more general discussion over the scientific authority of modern science and its connections to practices of world-making -discussed specifically in terms of scientific cosmologies -and propositions over international politics. As such, the discussion e… Show more
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