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Automobility and the Anthropocene investigates the car’s central role in defining the current geological epoch marked by human dominance over planetary systems. Gordon M. Sayre presents a critical analysis of how automobiles have become entangled with modern identity, infrastructure, and environmental degradation.
The book examines automobility not merely as transportation technology but as a transformative force that has reorganized landscapes, economies, and social structures. Sayre argues that cars represent a post-human condition where technological systems operate with their own agency, influencing human behavior and ecological systems in profound ways.
Through environmental humanities lens, this Element explores the philosophical and practical implications of automobile culture during the Anthropocene. It addresses how automotive infrastructure perpetuates carbon emissions, resource extraction, and habitat destruction while simultaneously remaining central to contemporary life. The work challenges readers to reconsider humanity’s relationship with technology and nature.
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