An ecotopian lexicon
by Bellamy, Brent Ryan Schneider-Mayerson, Matthew
As the scale and gravity of climate change becomes undeniable, a cultural revolution must ultimately match progress in the realms of policy, infrastructure, and technology. Proceeding from the notion that dominant Western cultures lack the terms and concepts to describe or respond to our environmental crisis, 'An Ecotopian Lexicon' is a collaborative volume of short, engaging essays that offer ecologically productive terms-drawn from other languages, science fiction, and subcultures of resistan…
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- Full title :An ecotopian lexicon. / Matthew Schneider-Mayerson; Brent Ryan Bellamy.
Summary
As the scale and gravity of climate change becomes undeniable, a cultural revolution must ultimately match progress in the realms of policy, infrastructure, and technology. Proceeding from the notion that dominant Western cultures lack the terms and concepts to describe or respond to our environmental crisis, 'An Ecotopian Lexicon' is a collaborative volume of short, engaging essays that offer ecologically productive terms-drawn from other languages, science fiction, and subcultures of resistance-to envision and inspire responses and alternatives to fossil-fueled neoliberal capitalism. 0Each of the thirty suggested "loanwords" helps us imagine how to adapt and even flourish in the face of the socioecological adversity that characterizes the present moment and the future that awaits. From "Apocalypso" to "Qi," " ~*~ " to "Total Liberation," thirty authors from a range of disciplines and backgrounds assemble a grounded yet dizzying lexicon, expanding the limited European and North American conceptual lexicon that many activists, educators, scholars, students, and citizens have inherited. Fourteen artists from eleven countries respond to these chapters with original artwork that illustrates the contours of the possible better worlds and worldviews.
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- Publication Date:2019.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Minnesota Press
- Place of Publication:Minneapolis
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2019.
The Physical Object
- Description:336 p.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781517905897, 1517905893
- oclc:on1205591811
- LC Classification:PI410
- Dewey Decimal:400
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