Alternatives to the Anthropocene

Contributors to this special issue examine the heterogeneous imaginaries and social movements struggling against the social and environmental destruction of the Anthropocene—the geological era of climate change driven by a humankind envisioned as homogeneous. Recuperating the alternative worlds, orientations, and subaltern environmental movements that constitute radical historical alternatives to the Anthropocene, the authors conceptualize these alternatives as seeds of ecological insurrection, that sometimes lie dormant for years but are always ready to rise up again when the time is right. At a moment when elites have intransigently refused to decarbonize society, the contributors urge readers to look back to histories of revolt in order to broaden the repertoire of militant tactics available to face the environmental emergency.
Contributors: Michela Coletta, Ashely Dawson, Zoe Goldstein, Christian Høgsbjerg, Arpitha Kodiveri, A. Naomi Paik, Iva Peša, Adam Quinn, LaKendrick Richardson, Matthew Stutzer