Geosociology

In his new book, Markus Schroer argues for a comprehensive expansion of the sociological horizon in light of the challenges the Anthropocene poses. This is not merely the term for a new geological age but represents a comprehensive questioning of man’s previous self-understanding and his previous conception of nature, culture and society. With recourse to classical and current texts, Geosociology examines how soil, rocks, mountains, oceans, plants, animals and humans shape the earth as a space of life in changing relationships of coexistence, competition and cooperation.

 

»Despite the author's ecological concerns, the book has not become an obtrusive work that surrounds the reader wagging a metaphorical finger, but a thoughtful book that inspects and reassesses what has long been thought, to bring the unconsidered into focus.« Herfried Münkler, Süddeutsche Zeitung