anthropocene

Annemarie Mol’s Eating in Theory Reads Like a Buffet

Annemarie Mol’s Eating in Theory Reads Like a Buffet

Mol’s steady drip of accessible anecdotes in ‘Eating in Theory’ offers a slow-motion explosion of the connection between food and philosophy.

It’s Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature: ‘Against the Anthropocene’

It’s Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature: ‘Against the Anthropocene’

Scientists have argued for a new period in Earth’s geological history, the Anthropocene. Cultural critic T.J. Demos offers a critical take on the concept, pros and cons.