Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime
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"Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime" is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that rethinks humanity’s relationship with the Earth in the context of climate change and the Anthropocene.
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| Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime Context triple: [Bruno Latour, notableWork, Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime]
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Slanted Truths: Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis, and Evolution
Slanted Truths: Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis, and Evolution is a collection of scientific and philosophical essays exploring Gaia theory, symbiosis, and evolutionary biology, co-authored by Dorion Sagan and his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
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Earth in the Balance
Earth in the Balance is a 1992 environmental book by Al Gore that examines the global ecological crisis and advocates for comprehensive political and social action to address climate change and environmental degradation.
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Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
"Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth" is James Lovelock’s influential book that introduces the Gaia hypothesis, proposing that Earth functions as a self-regulating, living system.
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The human roots of the ecological crisis
"The human roots of the ecological crisis" is a key chapter in Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’ that analyzes how modern technological, economic, and cultural patterns of human behavior have led to environmental degradation and social injustice.
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The End of Nature
The End of Nature is an influential 1989 environmental book by Bill McKibben that is often considered the first major work on global warming written for a general audience.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime Target entity description: "Facing Gaia: Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime" is a philosophical work by Bruno Latour that rethinks humanity’s relationship with the Earth in the context of climate change and the Anthropocene.
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A.
Slanted Truths: Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis, and Evolution
Slanted Truths: Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis, and Evolution is a collection of scientific and philosophical essays exploring Gaia theory, symbiosis, and evolutionary biology, co-authored by Dorion Sagan and his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
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B.
Earth in the Balance
Earth in the Balance is a 1992 environmental book by Al Gore that examines the global ecological crisis and advocates for comprehensive political and social action to address climate change and environmental degradation.
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C.
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth
"Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth" is James Lovelock’s influential book that introduces the Gaia hypothesis, proposing that Earth functions as a self-regulating, living system.
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D.
The human roots of the ecological crisis
"The human roots of the ecological crisis" is a key chapter in Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’ that analyzes how modern technological, economic, and cultural patterns of human behavior have led to environmental degradation and social injustice.
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E.
The End of Nature
The End of Nature is an influential 1989 environmental book by Bill McKibben that is often considered the first major work on global warming written for a general audience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| addressesConcept |
Anthropocene as a political event
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Earth as an active agent ⓘ Gaia as a political figure ⓘ geopolitics of climate change ⓘ modernity and nature/culture divide ⓘ new climatic regime ⓘ |
| author | Bruno Latour ⓘ |
| basedOn | Gifford Lectures ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstPublication | France ⓘ |
| EnglishEditionPublicationYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| EnglishEditionPublisher | Polity Press ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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philosophy ⓘ |
| hasEnglishEdition | yes ⓘ |
| hasForm |
lecture series
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printed book ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
academics
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general readers interested in climate politics ⓘ students ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Anthropocene
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Gaia hypothesis ⓘ climate change ⓘ environmental philosophy ⓘ political ecology ⓘ |
| notableFor |
developing a political interpretation of the Gaia hypothesis
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reframing climate change as a political and ontological issue ⓘ |
| numberOfLectures | 8 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
political ecology
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science and technology studies ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| publisher | Polity Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime
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Politics of Nature ⓘ We Have Never Been Modern ⓘ |
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