Description: This book contributes to the environmental humanities field by offering an analysis of the Anthropocene fantasy: the idea that the Anthropocene is an opportunity to remake our terrestrial environment thanks to the power of technology. The author argues that the earth always escapes the human desire to remake and master it.
Brief description: Drew S. Burk is the translator of more than dozen books in continental philosophy and theory.
Review Quotes: Neyrat makes an ambitious, imaginative, and provocative case against the rampant trend in the West towards techno-optimism...-- "Choice"