A Planet in Hospice (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Lauren S Cardon | knygos.lt

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Advances new theories of "existential ecofiction" and how its authors both confront death and foster hope in their visions of a path forward through the global climate crisis.

How do we continue to love and care for a planet it's too late to save? In A Planet in Hospice, Lauren S. Cardon analyzes works of "existential ecofiction" that invite us to reflect on our mortality and the many ways that people are already affected by disaster, while also encouraging hope and connection. These texts from authors such as N. K. Jemisin, Paolo Bacigalupi, Darcie Little Badger, Rivers Solomon, Richard Powers, and Margaret Atwood are characterized by themes of ecological crisis, planetary demise, and human extinction, and they center environmental justice and human oppression. Cardon argues that, by invoking the end of the world, these writers directly engage with death anxiety and consequently intervene in current theories of existential psychology and intersectional ecocriticism. They highlight the inextricability of environmental care and social justice and offer visions of a path forward through the global climate crisis humans now face.