Abstract (may include machine translation)
The notion of societal boundaries aims to enhance the debate on planetary boundaries. The focus is on capitalist societies as a heuristic for discussing the expansionary dynamics, power relations, and lock-ins of modern societies that impel highly unsustainable societal relations with nature. While formulating societal boundaries implies a controversial process – based on normative judgments, ethical concerns, and socio-political struggles – it has the potential to offer guidelines for a just, social-ecological transformation.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Handbook of the Anthropocene |
| Subtitle of host publication | Humans between Heritage and Future |
| Editors | Nathanaël Wallenhorst, Christoph Wulf |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
| Pages | 1647-1653 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783031259104 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783031259104, 978-3-031-25912-8 |
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| State | Published - 1 Jan 2023 |
| Externally published | Yes |