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This chapter argues that a fundamental change in earth history is under way which requires a rethinking of the relationship between humankind and nature, including the political realm and international relations, that makes geopolitical approaches in the Hobbesian tradition obsolete. The Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen coined for this new period of earth history the term ‘Anthropocene’ (Crutzen 2002 and preface essay).
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Brauch, H.G., Dalby, S., Spring, Ú.O. (2011). Political Geoecology for the Anthropocene. In: Brauch, H., et al. Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17776-7_94
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