Müll in der Natur: Eine Mikrostudie zur politischen Ikonographie, Ideengeschichte und Forensik des Anthropozäns

Prof. Dr. Peter Krieger

doi:10.5771/9783828851146

Summary

In this book, Peter Krieger creates a political iconography of the Anthropocene: he shows how, with the help of optical forensics, an exploration of the history of ideas and a scientific interpretation of images, it is possible to understand what prompts people to abuse wild nature as a dumping ground for rubbish. His micro-historical study of a waste-contaminated nature reserve in Mexico City exemplifies how waste has become a new geological layer of the Anthropocene. The precise analysis of this globally representative scene of an environmental crime is also the basis for the elaboration of a realistic utopia for rethinking and changing our destructive treatment of nature. "An important book, a stirring book - which horrifies and at the same time opens up perspectives for alternative action." Jürgen Goldstein