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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Arias-Maldonado, Manuel Jesús author 2021-05-29 The ideal of emancipation has been traditionally grounded on the premise that human activity is not restrained by external boundaries. Thus the realisation of values such as autonomy or recognition has been facilitated by economic growth and material expansion. Yet there is mounting evidence that the human impact on natural systems at the planetary level, a novelty captured by the concept of the Anthropocene, endangers the Earth’s habitability. If human development is to be limited for the sake of global sustainability, can emancipation be kept as a mobilising ideal? As opposed to alternative views such as that of degrowth, this article argues that it can. The key lies in the ability of the Anthropocene to produce planetary subjectivities. By recognising the bounded quality of human embeddedness, the possibility of a different emancipation is opened up. The latter does not give up material well-being, yet it makes sure that the latter does not endanger planetary habitability. European Journal of Social Theory, volumen 25, número 1, pp. 136-154 https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40369 10.1177/13684310211027095 Desarrollo sostenible Decrecimiento (Economía) Desarrollo económico - Aspectos ambientales Antropología cultural y social Reformulating emancipation in the Anthropocene: From didactic apocalypse to planetary subjectivities.