Contending sustainability agencements and the future world

Almost the entire history of philosophy during the late 20th and early 21st centuries has consisted of efforts to correct and update the philosophical heritage of the 17th and 18th centuries, the heritage that provided the outline and substance for the science and technology we know today. Similarly, much of the current work of science and the study of science and technology by Anthropology and science and technologies studies focuses on correcting and updating the physical and social sciences that emerged from the now being reformed 17th and 18th centuries philosophy. It should come as no surprise then that the current ldquosociotechnical agencementrdquo that is dominant for sustainability is based on the challenged 17th and 18th philosophy and the science and technology that sprang from it. It should also not be a surprise that this situation has led to a very lively challenge to this dominant sociotechnical agencement and the presentation of literally dozens of proposed replacement agencements for sustainability. This paper attempts to describe the current situation ldquoon the groundrdquo in this ongoing clash. First, I attempt to describe the sociotechnical agencement that currently dominates sustainability and a little of its history? Second, I attempt to describe why this agencement is now failing and what the consequences of its failure are? Third, I attempt to describe the basics of the agencements that are now contending to control sustainability? Finally, I seek to describe the various convergences and divergences of these contending agencements, and possible combinations of the contending agencements, as well as their potential consequences for people and planet earth?