Eco-Concepts

Critical Reflections in Emerging Ecocritical Theory and Ecological Thought

Cenk Tan, Ismail Serdar Altaç (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2024
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-2348-3 (ISBN)

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This book provides critical engagements with recent environmental scholarship, incorporating key concepts in ecological thinking, the paths of ecocriticism and the interdisciplinary humanities.

Eco-Concepts: Critical Reflections in Emerging Ecocritical Theory and Ecological Thought offers an intellectual journey through the ever-evolving landscapes of environmental discourse. This thought-provoking volume convenes eminent contributors from international scholarship to scrutinize and illuminate the contemporary trends reshaping our understanding of the natural environment. From the intricate interplay of rising ecocritical theories like Restoration and Empirical ecocriticism to the nuanced shifts in the reimagining of ecological concepts, the book unravels the complexities of our relationship with the natural sphere. Eco-Concepts delves into the forefront of ecological thought by traversing disciplinary boundaries such as Blue Humanities, Critical Plant Studies, and Gandhian Ecosophy. This scholarly collection serves as a compass, guiding readers through the uncharted territories of environmental scholarship or revisits the existing ones through fresh critical perspectives. As global challenges demand innovative solutions, this book offers critical reflections into pressing concepts such as ecocide, petroculture and dark ecology that inspire a deeper, more nuanced engagement with ecological issues. Eco-Concepts strives to become an essential source of reference for academics, students, and individuals seeking an in-depth exploration of the innovative notions influencing the trajectory of discussions on ecology.

İsmail Serdar Altaç is assistant professor in the Department of Translation and Interpreting at Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Turkey. Cenk Tan is lecturer doctor at Pamukkale University, Turkey.

Table of Contents

Editors’ Introduction

Cenk Tan & İsmail Serdar Altaç

Part I – Reimagining Ecological Concepts

1. Revisiting Ecocide: At the Threshold of International Ecocide Law

Cenk Tan

2. Petroculture: Exploring the Limits of Oil, Utopia and Imagination

İsmail Serdar Altaç

3. Dark Ecology: Embracing Strange Intimacies and Withdrawals in the Joyful Collapse of Nature

Clara Soudan

4. Anthropocene and Capitalocene: Humans and Systems in Earth’s Emergent Epoch

Rebekah A. Taylor-Wiseman

5. Plantationocene, Chthulucene, and Agency as Process and Relation

Lenka Filipova

6. Bioregionalism and Biocultural Region: Reconceptualizing the Human-Environment-Place Interrelationships Beyond the Culture/Nature Dichotomy

Abhra Paul & Amarjeet Nayak

7. Reading Ecophobia in the Capitalocene

Brian Deyo

8. Eco-Deconstruction, or (Post)Humanism of the Other (Nonhuman)

Philippe Lynes

9. Environmental Justice: The Beginning, Present and What Awaits Humanity in the Future

Erden El

10. Ecopsychology and Indigenous Ecosophy: Lessons in Sustainability

Panchali Bhattarchaya & Pritam Panda

11. Hyperobjects: How to Move Forward While Entangled in the Mesh

Ana Sentov

Part II – Exploring Ecocriticisms

12. Restoration Ecocriticism: From Habitat Destruction to Hands-on Action

Ufuk Özdağ

13. Affective Ecocriticism: From Thinking to Feeling and Being-Together

Denis Petrina

14. Empirical Ecocriticism: Unveiling the Power of Literature in Environmental Consciousness

Milena Škobo

15. Material Ecocriticism: Reading the Nonhuman World

Gina Stamm

16. Posthuman Ecocriticism: Finding Our Way through Collaborative Survival

Mahinur Gözde Kasurka

Part III – Traversing Disciplinary Boundaries

17. Blue Humanities: Oceans as History, Matter, and Imagination

Aina Vidal Pérez

18. Nuclear Humanities: Envisioning the Nuclear as a Societal and Ecological Value

Inna Sukhenko

19. Critical Animal Studies: Toward the Anthropocene

Ziba Rashidian

20. Unravelling Critical Plant Studies

Kübra Vural Özbey

21. Gandhian Ecosophy: Reflections on Ecology and Self

Narayan Jena

Index

About the Contributors

Erscheinungsdatum	13.04.2024
Reihe/Serie	Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Co-Autor	Cenk Tan, Ismail Serdar Altaç, Panchali Bhattacharya
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	1-6669-2348-6 / 1666923486
ISBN-13	978-1-6669-2348-3 / 9781666923483
Zustand	Neuware