Climate, capitalism and communities : an anthropology of environmental overheating / edited by Astrid B. Stensrud, Thomas Hylland Eriksen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction : anthropological perspectives on global economic and environmental crises in an overheated world / Astrid B. Stensrud and Thomas Hylland Eriksen -- 2. The political economy of the great acceleration, or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb / Anna Tsing -- 3. A community of the brink of extinction? Ecological crises and ruined landscapes in Northwest Greenland / Kristen Hastrup -- 4. Sea ice, climate and resources : the changing nature of hunting along Greenland's Northwest coast / Mark Nuttall -- 5. Volatility : understanding global capitalism and climate change vulnerability in Mongolia / Adrei Marin -- 6. The dark side of progress : the intersections of climate change, neoliberalism and modernity in Peru / Astrid B. Stensrud -- 7. Puzzling pieces and situated urgencies of climate change and globalization in the high arctic : three stories from Qaanaaq / Astrid Oberborbeck Andersen and Janne Flora -- 8. Counting : health emergencies and the constitution of extractive natures in Northern Loreto, Peru / Maria A. Guzm�an-Gallegos -- 9. Expansive capitalism, climate change and global climate mitigation regimes : a triple burden on forest peoples in the global south / Harold Wilhite and Cecilia G. Salinas -- 10. Climate change, oceanic sovereignties and maritime economies in the Pacific / Edvard Hviding -- 11. Island of hope and despair : scaling the collapses and the collapse of scales / Frank Sejersen -- 12. Using a glacier website to promote action and build community : engaged anthropology in the Digital Age / Ben Orlove, Kerry Milch and Laura Uguccioni.

An anthropological perspective on the devastating environmental consequences of global capital's growth imperative.