Exterranean: Extraction in the Humanist Anthropocene

by Phillip John Usher

Book Overview

Exterranean concerns the extraction of stuff from the Earth, a process in which matter goes from being sub- to exterranean. By shifting emphasis from emission to extraction, Usher reorients our perspective away from Earthrise-like globes and shows what is gained by opening the planet to depths within. Both historicist and speculative in approach, Exterranean eschews the self-congratulatory claims of posthumanism and lays the groundwork...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823284212
• ISBN13: 9780823284214
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"