Imagining Apocalyptic Politics in the Anthropocene By Harper, Earl T.

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Climate change

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Taylor & francis

Imagining Apocalyptic Politics in the Anthropocene : Routledge : 9780367653095 : 0367653095 : 29 Sep 2021 : "Bringing together scholars from English literature, geography, politics, the arts, environmental humanities and sociology, Imagining Apocalyptic Politics in the Anthropocene contributes to the emerging debate between bodies of thought first incepted by scholars such as Mouffe, Whyte, Kaplan, Hunt, Swyngedouw and Malm about how apocalyptic events, narratives and imaginaries interact with societal and individual agency historically and in the current political moment. Exploring their own empirical and philosophical contexts, the authors examine the forms of political acting found in apocalyptic imaginaries and reflect on what this means for contemporary society. By framing their arguments around either pre-apocalyptic, peri-apocalyptic or post-apocalypticnarratives and events, a timeline emerges throughout the volume which shows the different opportunities for political agency the

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