Democracy in the Anthropocene

Claudia Wiesner is Professor of Political Science at Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany, a member of the board of directors of the “Point Alpha Research Institute”, and adjunct Professor in Political Science at Jyväskylä University in Finland.Tom Scheunemann is a research associate at Fulda University of Applied Sciences and a member of the Point Alpha Research Institute, Germany.

• Chapter 1.    Tom Scheunemann and Claudia Wiesner: Introduction: Why Democ-racy in the Anthropocene?.- Section I The State of Crisis: Democracy in the Anthropocene.- Chapter 2. Claudia Wiesner: Crisis, Polycrisis, Anthropocene. Democracy Under Pressure.- Chapter 3. Jessica Schmidt: Liberal Awakening and Critical Redemption: Map-ping the Crisis Discourse of Democracy in Anthropocenic Times.- Chapter 4.    Wolfgang Merkel and Claudia Wiesner: When Liberal Democracy Allows its Own Decline: Donald Trump and the Crisis of Democratic Liberalism.- Chapter 5.    Aristidis V. Agoglossakis Foley: The Death of the Democratic Na-tion? Anthropocene, Technocene, and the Concept of the Network State.- Chapter 6.    The Crisis of Liberalism and the Future of Progress. Rahel Jaeggi in conversation with Jan Groos.- Chapter 7.    Philip Dingeldey and Dirk Jörke: Towards a Strong Green Republi-canism? On the Crisis of Democracy in the Anthropocene.- Section II Politics and Democracy in the Anthropocene: Epistemic Shifts and Concepts.- Chapter 8.    Matthias Klemm: Anthropocene or Societocene? – Social Evolution, Climate Change and the Social Sciences.- Chapter 9.    Ayşem Mert, Julia Feine, and Tatiana Sokolova: Eco-political Re-sponses to the Crisis of Democracy: A Critical Fantasy Studies Ap-proach to the Anthropocene.- Chapter 10.    Kari Palonen: The Anthropocene Language: A Sign of Politicisation.- Chapter 11.    David Chandler: Self-Governance after Representation: The Anthro-pocene and the Politicisation of Everyday Life.- Chapter 12.    Caroline von Taysen: Democracy in the Anthropocene – an Irresolv-able Dilemma?.- Chapter 13.    Tom Scheunemann: Under the Canopy – Seeking Refuge in the Shad-ows of Anthropocene Forests.- Section III Democracy and Governance Beyond Liberal Modernity: Con-cepts and Approaches.- Chapter 14.    Maximilian Lakitsch: Towards a Human-Non-Human Understanding of Political Community: Rediscovering Anthropocene Thinking at the Dawn of Political Modernity.- Chapter 15.    Julian Purrmann: Democracy in the Anthropocene: Toward More-than-Human Democratic Innovations.- Chapter 16.    Jan Groos: Alternative Environmentality – Three Propositions for Democratic Planning in the Anthropocene.- Chapter 17.    Niilo Kauppi and Pasi Heikkurinen: A Paradigm Shift in Democratic Governance? The OECD and the Governance of the Future in an An-ticipated New Geological Epoch.- Chapter 18.    Pol Bargués: Post-liberal and Illiberal Peace in the Anthropocene.- Chapter 19.    Petteri Repo, Mikhail Bogach, Ilona Kousa, Inês Campos, Päivi Timo-nen, and Mandira Halder: AI and the Anthropocene – LLMs as Dem-ocratic Knowledge Producers.- Section IV Local Practices of Democracy in the Anthropocene: Innova-tions, Challenges and Resistance.- Chapter 20.    Jan-Peter Voß and Hagen Schölzel: Gardening Democratic Practices.- Chapter 21.    Melisa Ross and Azucena Morán: Governing the Planetary? Demo-cratic Innovations in Latin America.- Chapter 22.    Nathaniel Umukoro: The Crisis of Democracy and Environmental Challenges in the Era of Anthropocene: Lessons from Nigeria’s Niger Delta.- Chapter 23.    Christiane Kuller: The Anthropocene in Contemporary History? To-wards an Agenda for Local Historical Research in the Age of Authori-tarian Regimes and their Aftermath.- Chapter 24.    Grounding the Anthropocene in Local Experience. German History and the Forests of Geisa. Manuela Henkel and Matthias Schorr in conversation with Tom Scheunemann and Claudia Wiesner.- Chapter 25.    Lina Bax: Conference Report: Social Contracts and Democracy in Times of the Anthropocene. Thinking Beyond Crisis.- Chapter 26.    Claudia Wiesner and Tom Scheunemann: Conclusion: Mission Im-possible? Takeaways from Thinking about Democracy in the Anthro-pocene.