Description
| Product ID: | 9781032038063 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Environmental Humanities |
| Title: | The Environmental Apocalypse |
| Subtitle: | Interdisciplinary Reflections on the Climate Crisis |
| Authors: | Author: Jakub Kowalewski |
| Page Count: | 262 |
| Subjects: | Ethics and moral philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Political science and theory, Climate change, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Political science & theory, Climate change, Environmental science, engineering & technology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This volume brings together scholars working across the humanities to offer a comprehensive analysis of the environmental catastrophe as the modern-day apocalypse. An invaluable resource for students and scholars interested in the contributions of both apocalypticism and the humanities to contemporary ecological debates. This volume brings together scholars working in diverse traditions of the humanities in order to offer a comprehensive analysis of the environmental catastrophe as the modern-day apocalypse. Drawing on philosophy, theology, history, literature, art history, psychoanalysis, as well as queer and decolonial theories, the authors included in this book expound the meaning of the climate apocalypse, reveal its presence in our everyday experiences, and examine its impact on our intellectual, imaginative, and moral practices. Importantly, the chapters show that eco-apocalypticism can inform progressively transformative discourses about climate change. In so doing, they demonstrate the fruitfulness of understanding the environmental catastrophe from within an apocalyptic framework, carving a much-needed path between two unsatisfactory approaches to the climate disaster: first, the conservative impulse to preserve the status quo responsible for today’s crisis, and second, the reckless acceptance of the destructive effects of climate change. This book will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars interested in the contributions of both apocalypticism and the humanities to contemporary ecological debates. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-11-16 |
