Akeel Bilgrami is the Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy and a professor on the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University. His Columbia University Press books include Who’s Afraid of Academic Freedom? (2014) and Beyond the Secular West (2016).

An outstanding collection of essays in which some of the world's leading thinkers subject the fundamental presuppositions of contemporary society to rigorous scrutiny. Essential reading for those who are searching for fresh perspectives on the current human predicament.

• Preface, by Akeel BilgramiAcknowledgments1. Nature and Value, by Jonathan Schell2. The Human Shadow, by Jonathan Schell3. The Anthropocene and Global Warming: A Brief Update, by Jan Zalasiewicz4. The Extraordinary Strata of the Anthropocene, by Jan Zalasiewicz5. The Anthropocene Dating Problem: Disciplinary Misalignments, Paradigm Shifts, and the Possibility for New Foundations in Science, by Kyle Nichols and Bina Gogineni6. Disciplinary Variations on the Anthropocene: Temporality and Epistemic Authority. Response to Kyle Nichols and Bina Gogineni, by Nikolas Kompridis7. Value and Alienation: A Revisionist Essay on Our Political Ideals, by Akeel Bilgrami8. Equality and Liberty: Beyond a Boundary. Response to Akeel Bilgrami, by Sanjay G. Reddy9. Experimenting with Other People, by Joanna Picciotto10. The Green Growth Path to Climate Stabilization, by Robert Pollin11. All Too Human: Orienting Environmental Law in a Remade World, by Jedediah Britton-Purdy12. Life Sustains Life 1: Value, Social and Ecological, by James Tully13. Life Sustains Life 2: The Ways of Reengagement with the Living Earth, by James Tully14. The Value of Sustainability and the Sustainability of Value, by Anthony Simon Laden15. Varieties of Agency: Comment on Anthony Laden, by Carol Rovane16. Nonhuman Agency and Human Normativity, by Nikolas Kompridis17. Natural Piety and Human Responsibility, by David BromwichList of ContributorsIndex

Akeel Bilgrami is the Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy and a professor on the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University. His Columbia University Press books include Who’s Afraid of Academic Freedom? (2014) and Beyond the Secular West (2016).

An outstanding collection of essays in which some of the world's leading thinkers subject the fundamental presuppositions of contemporary society to rigorous scrutiny. Essential reading for those who are searching for fresh perspectives on the current human predicament.

• Preface, by Akeel BilgramiAcknowledgments1. Nature and Value, by Jonathan Schell2. The Human Shadow, by Jonathan Schell3. The Anthropocene and Global Warming: A Brief Update, by Jan Zalasiewicz4. The Extraordinary Strata of the Anthropocene, by Jan Zalasiewicz5. The Anthropocene Dating Problem: Disciplinary Misalignments, Paradigm Shifts, and the Possibility for New Foundations in Science, by Kyle Nichols and Bina Gogineni6. Disciplinary Variations on the Anthropocene: Temporality and Epistemic Authority. Response to Kyle Nichols and Bina Gogineni, by Nikolas Kompridis7. Value and Alienation: A Revisionist Essay on Our Political Ideals, by Akeel Bilgrami8. Equality and Liberty: Beyond a Boundary. Response to Akeel Bilgrami, by Sanjay G. Reddy9. Experimenting with Other People, by Joanna Picciotto10. The Green Growth Path to Climate Stabilization, by Robert Pollin11. All Too Human: Orienting Environmental Law in a Remade World, by Jedediah Britton-Purdy12. Life Sustains Life 1: Value, Social and Ecological, by James Tully13. Life Sustains Life 2: The Ways of Reengagement with the Living Earth, by James Tully14. The Value of Sustainability and the Sustainability of Value, by Anthony Simon Laden15. Varieties of Agency: Comment on Anthony Laden, by Carol Rovane16. Nonhuman Agency and Human Normativity, by Nikolas Kompridis17. Natural Piety and Human Responsibility, by David BromwichList of ContributorsIndex

Akeel Bilgrami is the Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy and a professor on the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University. His Columbia University Press books include Who’s Afraid of Academic Freedom? (2014) and Beyond the Secular West (2016).

An outstanding collection of essays in which some of the world's leading thinkers subject the fundamental presuppositions of contemporary society to rigorous scrutiny. Essential reading for those who are searching for fresh perspectives on the current human predicament.

• Preface, by Akeel BilgramiAcknowledgments1. Nature and Value, by Jonathan Schell2. The Human Shadow, by Jonathan Schell3. The Anthropocene and Global Warming: A Brief Update, by Jan Zalasiewicz4. The Extraordinary Strata of the Anthropocene, by Jan Zalasiewicz5. The Anthropocene Dating Problem: Disciplinary Misalignments, Paradigm Shifts, and the Possibility for New Foundations in Science, by Kyle Nichols and Bina Gogineni6. Disciplinary Variations on the Anthropocene: Temporality and Epistemic Authority. Response to Kyle Nichols and Bina Gogineni, by Nikolas Kompridis7. Value and Alienation: A Revisionist Essay on Our Political Ideals, by Akeel Bilgrami8. Equality and Liberty: Beyond a Boundary. Response to Akeel Bilgrami, by Sanjay G. Reddy9. Experimenting with Other People, by Joanna Picciotto10. The Green Growth Path to Climate Stabilization, by Robert Pollin11. All Too Human: Orienting Environmental Law in a Remade World, by Jedediah Britton-Purdy12. Life Sustains Life 1: Value, Social and Ecological, by James Tully13. Life Sustains Life 2: The Ways of Reengagement with the Living Earth, by James Tully14. The Value of Sustainability and the Sustainability of Value, by Anthony Simon Laden15. Varieties of Agency: Comment on Anthony Laden, by Carol Rovane16. Nonhuman Agency and Human Normativity, by Nikolas Kompridis17. Natural Piety and Human Responsibility, by David BromwichList of ContributorsIndex