Freedom in the Anthropocene: Twentieth-Century Helplessness in the Face of Climate Change

1. Prologue: Smog, Haze, Sulfur: The Elusive Clarity of the Anthropocene
Alexander M. Stoner, Andony Melathopoulos

2. Introduction: What Is the Meaning of Freedom in the Anthropocene?
Alexander M. Stoner, Andony Melathopoulos

3. Georg Lukács (1885–1971) and the Critique of Reification: On the Dialectical Genesis of the Great Acceleration
Alexander M. Stoner, Andony Melathopoulos

4. Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969) and the Critique of Identity Thinking: The Great Acceleration as Historical Sedimentation
Alexander M. Stoner, Andony Melathopoulos

5. Moishe Postone (1942-) and the Critique of Traditional Marxism: Helplessness and the Present Moment of the Great Acceleration
Alexander M. Stoner, Andony Melathopoulos

6. Conclusion
Alexander M. Stoner, Andony Melathopoulos

Keywords: Social Sciences, Environmental Sociology, Anthropology, Physical Geography, Social Theory, Climate Change, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts