Law and the Anthropocene: Explorations on new legal narratives for the geological transition.

Identifier:  TFM:973

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TFM973

Authors:  Esteve Jordà, Clara

Abstract:
The narrative of the Anthropocene represents an interdisciplinary operational concept. It defines the challenges that humanity, as a species and global community, must face in the present. The main cause of the geological transition is the social metabolism promoted by the capitalist-world economy. In this context, law plays a fundamental role, being the institutional system that allows the development of capitalism. Likewise, law has favored the establishment of hierarchies of all kinds (for reasons of gender, race, religion, social class, etc.), which are the ones that end up generating the inequalities embedded in the capitalist economy. The geological transition represents, therefore, a challenge for the hegemonic conceptions of law. It must be transformed into the process of adaptation that humanity faces at this time, in particular, generating inclusive strategies that enable a just transition.