Radical animism: reading for the end of the world

The reckoning of climate change calls for us to fundamentally rethink our notions of human centrality, superiority and power. Drawing on a wide range of modern writers and thinkers - from Freud and Darwin to Latour and Derrida, from Shakespeare and Carroll to Woolf and Kafka - Radical Animism develo...

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1. Verfasser: Deer, Jemma (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Bloomsbury Academic 2020
Schriftenreihe:Environmental cultures
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Zusammenfassung:The reckoning of climate change calls for us to fundamentally rethink our notions of human centrality, superiority and power. Drawing on a wide range of modern writers and thinkers - from Freud and Darwin to Latour and Derrida, from Shakespeare and Carroll to Woolf and Kafka - Radical Animism develops a new theory of life for a planet in crisis. In this original and timely work, Jemma Deer reframes our thinking of the Anthropocene with ideas from anthropology, astronomy, deconstruction, evolutionary biology, psychoanalysis, quantum physics and veganism. Through readings that are both inventive and compelling, this book shows how 'literary animism' - the active and transformative life of literature - can open our thinking to the immense power of the non-human world.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- 1. Radical Animism: Climate Change and Other Transformations -- 2. Surviving the Anthropocene: Revolutionary Rhythms -- 3. Animals at the End of the World: The Evolution of Life and Language -- 4. Hatching: Psychoanalysis and the Textual Unconscious Conclusion Notes -- References Index -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (224 Seiten)
ISBN:9781350111189
9781350111165
DOI:10.5040/9781350111189