"Thoreau's Aesthetics and 'The Domain of the Superlative'"
In her essay, Dana Phillips presents a analysis of Thoreau’s aesthetics and “the domain of the superlative.”
In her essay, Dana Phillips presents a analysis of Thoreau’s aesthetics and “the domain of the superlative.”
This essay reflects on an incident in 1995, when 300 snow geese died in the flooded Berkeley Pit, a toxic open pit copper mine in the northwestern United States. In his analysis the author draws on new materialist theoretical approaches that reject anthropocentric thinking and instead emphasize the powerful materiality of cultural phenomena.
Micheal Richardson investigates the impact of envisioning climate catastrophe in three works, namely George Miller’s film Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Marina Zurkow’s animation Slurb (2009), and Briohny Doyle’s novel The Island Will Sink (2016).
In Catastrophic Times: Resisting the Coming Barbarism warns the reader about the possibility that we have already entered a catastrophic time, determined by the apparently uncontrollable impact of anthropogenic activities and the incapability of governments and authorities to respond effectively.
In this book, environmental philosopher Eric Katz explores technology’s role in dominating both nature and humanity.