An actionable framework for doing politics with Earth’s nonliving, living, and technological agencies to expand planetary habitability.Our Planetary Condition advances a simple yet transformative claim: We do not live on but are part of a planet whose nonliving, living, and technological forces actively shape politics. If keeping the Earth habitable is the defining challenge of our time, then politics must be restructured beyond human-centered and state-bo...

Human societies increasingly interact with processes on a geological or even cosmic timescale. Despite this recognition, we still lack a basic understanding of these interconnections and how they translate into politics. This Element provides an exploration and systematization of 'the politics of deep time' as a novel lens of planetary politics in three steps. First, it demonstrates why deep-time interactions render the politics of deep time essential; second, it asks how deep time should ...

The 17 essays in this volume investigate potentials for democratizing democracies. From finding faith to reclaiming the commons, each essay aims to plant a seed, which carries the promise of democratic potentials. Dealing with topics like planetary change, AI, and plural knowledge systems, the book acts as an inspiration, calling for unorthodox, compassionate, and experimental approaches. It is an invitation to cultivate democratic futures that are as diverse, resilient, and vibrant as the...