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      El Antropoceno, ¿un concepto geológico o cultural, o ambos? Translated title: The Anthropocene, a Geological or a Cultural Concept, or Both?

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          Resumen Cuando Paul J. Crutzen y Eugene F. Stoermer propusieron en 2000 un nuevo tiempo geológico, el Antropoceno, difícilmente previeron la doble connotación del término. Pocos años después, la comunidad geológica comenzó a investigar las evidencias científicas y estableció el Grupo de Trabajo del Antropoceno, que ha examinado posibles marcadores y periodizaciones de la nueva época. Investigadores de otras disciplinas identifican al Antropoceno como concepto cultural. Antropólogos e historiadores, sociólogos y politólogos, filósofos y teólogos, y representantes de otras comunidades académicas han intentado dar sentido a la época de los seres humanos a partir de sus respectivas miradas. Los medios de comunicación también han desarrollado interés en las ramificaciones culturales más amplias del concepto. Este artículo arroja luz sobre el debate acerca del Antropoceno y analiza su trayectoria dual como término geológico y cultural.

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          Abstract When Paul J. Crutzen and Eugene F. Stoermer in 2000 proposed to introduce a new geological time, the Anthropocene, they could hardly foresee the remarkable double carrier to the new term. Only a few years later, the geological community established the Anthropocene Working Group, which started to examine possible periodizations. Scholars from numerous other disciplines have understood the Anthropocene as a cultural concept. Anthropologists and historians, sociologists and political scientists, philosophers and theologians have tried to make sense of the Age of Humans. In addition, the media have developed a deep interest in the broader cultural ramifications of the concept. The article sheds light on the debate about the Anthropocene and discusses its dual careers as a geological and a cultural term.

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                Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (México, DF, Mexico )
                1607-050X
                2448-5144
                August 2017
                : 0
                : 54
                : 40-57
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                [1] Múnich orgnameLudwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen Germany h.trischler@ 123456deutsches-museum.de
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                S1607-050X2017000200040
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                : 19 September 2016
                : 19 January 2017
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                geology,historia ambiental,cultura,gran aceleración,great acceleration,geología,Paul J. Crutzen,environmental history,Antropoceno,culture,Anthropocene

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