Introduction: Our Planetary Identity

Part I: Spheres and the Noosphere

Chapter 1: From Cosmic to Planetary Spheres

Chapter 2: The Utopian Noospheres of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Vladimir Vernadsky

Chapter 3: Harmonizing the Technosphere, Infosphere, and Biosphere into a Noosphere

Part II: Forces and the Anthropocene

Chapter 4: The Mythopoetics of Force

Chapter 5: The Latent Ambivalence of Force in Modern Science

Chapter 6: Human Force on the Earth System in the Anthropocene

Part III: Collective Bodies and Gaia

Chapter 7: Ancient Collective Embodiment

Chapter 8: Collective Solipsism and the Body Politic

Chapter 9: Gaia and the Three Generations of the Planetary Body

Conclusion: From Planet to Polis and Mythos

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index