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Current debates on sustainability are building on a problematic assumption that technological advancement is a desired phenomenon, creating positive change in human organisations. This transdisciplinary book develops a new way to conceptualise and examine technology, and outlines feasible alternatives for sustainability beyond technology.

Modernin tekniikan eli teknologian aikakauden voidaan nähdä alkaneen teollistumisesta. Sitä määrittää eri työvälineiden ja kulttuuristen suhteiden yhteen kietoutuneisuus, tuotantoprosessien monimutkaistuminen ja resurssi-intensiivisyys. Laajentuva teknosfääri – teknologisen järjestelmän kokonaisuus – on laadultaan olio, jossa "tekniikka" ja "logiikka" ovat sekoittuneet laskelmoiduksi, ulkoistetuksi ja automatisoiduksi "teknologiikaksi", jota pitää liikkeessä ulkoiset resurssipanokset. Teknologiaan ja teknosfääriin liittyy kosolti sosiaalisia ja ekologisia ongelmia. Näiden ongelmien perkaamisen ohella päähuomiomme tässä kirjoituksessa on kokoavan teknologiakäsityksen luonnostelemisessa vaihtoehdoksi vallitseville teknologiaymmärryksille. Hahmottelemme tätä otetta etenkin Marxin ja Heideggerin ajatusten viitoittamana. Tavoitteemme on edistää kokonaisvaltaisemman ja refleksiivisemmän teknologiakeskustelun syntyä, jossa otetaan huomioon teknologian keskeiset ongelmat, säilyttäen kuitenkin avoimuus sille, että teknologia ja sen kehittäminen voivat tuoda mukanaan muutakin kuin massasukupuuttoja ja eriarvoisuutta.

In this article, we study politics as domination. From our point of view, domination, especially in the Anthropocene, has had two vital components-power and supremacy. In order to dominate, one has to have power over others. In addition, the politics of domination, such as colonial oppression of Latin America, has required reasoning, justification, and legitimation, often connected to superiority (because of religion, society, or civilization) from the oppressor's end. Past and present political ideologies and programs, such as colonialism, imperialism, but also welfare state capitalism, neoliberalism and increasingly popular Green New Deal are examples of what we call "anthropolitics", an anthropocentric approach to politics based on domination, power, and supremacist exploitation. In contrast to the prevailing anthropolitics, this article discusses post-Anthropocene politics, characterized by localization and decentralization, as well as a steep reduction of matter-energy throughput by introducing a theoretical frame called ecological realism. ; Peer reviewed

The Special Issue on 'After the Anthropocene: Time and Mobility' is published. It discusses the geological time to follow the human-dominated epoch and ways to move there. In addition to this editorial, a total of five articles are published in the issue. The articles engage with a variety of social science disciplines—ranging from economics and sociology to philosophy and political science—and connect to the natural science insights on the Anthropocene. The issue calls for going beyond anthropocentrism in sustainability theory and practice in order to exit the Anthropocene with applications and insights in the contexts of politics (Ruuska et al., 2020), energy (Mohorˇcich, 2020), tourism (Rantala et al., 2020), food (Mazac and Tuomisto, 2020) and management (Küpers, 2020). We hope that you will find this Special Issue interesting and helpful in contributing to sustainable change.