Publication: A different story in the Anthropocene: Brazil's post-colonial quest for oil (1930-1975)
A different story in the Anthropocene: Brazil's post-colonial quest for oil (1930-1975)
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Acker, A. (2020). A different story in the Anthropocene: Brazil’s post-colonial quest for oil (1930-1975). Past and Present, 249(1), 167–211. https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtz069
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This article aims to identify new historical causes for the making of the Anthropocene (the rise of humans to a geological force) by addressing Brazil’s transformation into an oil producer and an oil-dependent country between 1930 and 1975. This example allows an escape from the essentialist explanation of the Anthropocene as the result of humans’ insatiable appetite for consumption, commonly rooted in an analysis of Western industrial society, and to focus instead on the notion of freedom in a former colony. Indeed, in the context of
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- Acker, Antoine
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Acker, A. (2020). A different story in the Anthropocene: Brazil’s post-colonial quest for oil (1930-1975). Past and Present, 249(1), 167–211. https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtz069