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Large-scale protection of nature is needed to address the ecological crisis. Big animals are connected with this mandate: They are threatened worldwide; they play important ecological roles; and the vast areas they require support a host of lifeforms. But visionary conservation is not only a pragmatic necessity. It is an ethical imperative, for comprehensive nature protection and restoration that supports the good life for all. The story of Asian elephants is part of this bigger story. We must find compassionate ways to free captive elephants and restore a world in which they, and countless others, may live free and flourish.

Argues that the narrow focus on anthropogenic climate change in the environmental discourse may actually worsen the planetary predicament by restricting proposed solutions to the technical realm. Although the dangers of climate change are real, representing it as the most urgent problem detracts attention from the planet's ecological predicament as a whole & overshadows such equally important issues as the mass extinction of species, devastation of the oceans by industrial fishing, & endocrine disruption. An examination of the many ways the climate-change discourse promotes the continued marginalization of the biodiversity crisis emphasizes that not only does biodepletion significantly predate dangerous greenhouse-gas buildup, but a technological resolution of global warming may temporarily avert some of the losses but will not stop the critical loss of biodiversity. Dangers related to the fatalism & apocalyptic imagery that surrounds mainstream environmentalism are pointed out, along with the need for a radical critique of the industrial-consumer complex that is turning the world into "an orgy of exploitation, overproduction, & waste.". J. Lindroth

Schöpfung ohne Krone -- Inhalt -- Einleitung -- Teil I: Die Zerstörung des Lebens und der menschliche Überlegenheitskomplex -- Kapitel 1: Der weltweite Zusammenbruch der Biodiversität -- Die Fülle des Lebens -- Der systematische Angriff auf das Leben -- Die direkten Ursachen der Zerstörung -- Die eigentlichen Ursachen der Zerstörung -- Für Sojabohnen und Palmöl -- Von der Biosphäre zur "Homosphäre -- Kapitel 2: Menschliches Überlegenheitsdenken und die Wurzeln der ökologischen Krise -- Zu Kolonialherren geboren? -- Die Ursprünge des menschlichen Überlegenheitsdenkens -- Die ideelle und physische Verdrängung des herabgewürdigten Anderen -- Wie das Überlegenheitsdenken die Welt gestaltet -- Was macht das Überlegenheitsdenken mit dem Menschen? -- Kapitel 3: Technologie-Managerialismus und das Konzept der Ressource -- Die große Kette der Wesen in der Sprache -- Technologie-Managerialismus als Rettung -- Das Überlegenheitsdenken als sozialgeschichtliches Konstrukt -- Teil II: Diskursive Knoten -- Kapitel 4: Liegt es in der Natur des Menschen? -- Die Darstellung der Inbesitznahme der Erde als Stationen im Wandel der Flächennutzung -- Die Darstellung des naturbedingten Aufstiegs des Menschen im Anthropozändiskurs -- Darstellungen des "Overkills" im Pleistozän -- Wider die "Naturalisierung" der Auswirkungen menschlichen Handelns -- Kapitel 5: Die Entzauberung der Wildnis -- Argument 1: Es gibt keine unberührte Natur mehr -- Argument 2: Der Mensch verändert die Natur seit Jahrtausenden -- Argument 2a: Der jahrtausendelange Einfluss der Zivilisation auf die Wildnis -- Argument 2b: Auch Naturvölker gestalten die Welt -- Argument 3: Die Vorstellung von der Wildnis beinhaltet eine Unterscheidung zwischen dem Menschen und der Natur -- Argument 4: Wildnis ist eine amerikanische Idee -- Die Lebensfähigkeit der Wildnis.

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Anthropocene or Capitalocene? Nature, History, and the Crisis of Capitalism - Jason W. Moore -- Part I: The Anthropocene and its Discontents: Toward Chthulucene? -- One: On the Poverty of Our Nomenclature - Eileen Crist -- Two: Staying with the Trouble: Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Chthulucene - Donna J. Haraway -- Part II: Histories of the Capitalocene -- Three: The Rise of Cheap Nature - Jason W. Moore -- Four: Accumulating Extinction: Planetary Catastrophism in the Necrocene - Justin McBrien -- Five: The Capitalocene, or, Geoengineering against Capitalism's Planetary Boundaries - Elmar Altvater -- Part III: Cultures, States, and Environment-Making -- Six: Anthropocene, Capitalocene, and the Problem of Culture - Daniel Hartley -- Seven: Environment-Making in the Capitalocene: Political Ecology of the State - Christian Parenti -- References -- Contributors -- Index.

Abstract
Human development has ushered in an era of converging crises: climate change, ecological destruction, disease, pollution, and socioeconomic inequality. This review synthesizes the breadth of these interwoven emergencies and underscores the urgent need for comprehensive, integrated action. Propelled by imperialism, extractive capitalism, and a surging population, we are speeding past Earth's material limits, destroying critical ecosystems, and triggering irreversible changes in biophysical systems that underpin the Holocene climatic stability which fostered human civilization. The consequences of these actions are disproportionately borne by vulnerable populations, further entrenching global inequities. Marine and terrestrial biomes face critical tipping points, while escalating challenges to food and water access foreshadow a bleak outlook for global security. Against this backdrop of Earth at risk, we call for a global response centered on urgent decarbonization, fostering reciprocity with nature, and implementing regenerative practices in natural resource management. We call for the elimination of detrimental subsidies, promotion of equitable human development, and transformative financial support for lower income nations. A critical paradigm shift must occur that replaces exploitative, wealth-oriented capitalism with an economic model that prioritizes sustainability, resilience, and justice. We advocate a global cultural shift that elevates kinship with nature and communal well-being, underpinned by the recognition of Earth's finite resources and the interconnectedness of its inhabitants. The imperative is clear: to navigate away from this precipice, we must collectively harness political will, economic resources, and societal values to steer toward a future where human progress does not come at the cost of ecological integrity and social equity.