Climate Fiction and Cultural Analysis by Gregers Andersen - 9781032088792

Taylor & Francis

Climate Fiction and Cultural AnalysisA new perspective on life in the anthropocene\nAuthor(s): Gregers Andersen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032088792, 978-1032088792\nSynopsis\nClimate Fiction and Cultural Analysis argues that the popularity of the term \""climate fiction\"" has paradoxically exhausted the terms descriptive power and that it has developed into a black box containing all kinds of fictions which depict climatic events and has consequently lost its true significance. \n\nAware of the prospect of ecological collapse as well as our apparent inability to avert it, we face geophysical changes of drastic proportions that severely challenge our ability to imagine the consequences. This book argues that this crisis of imagination can be partly relieved by climate fiction, which may help us comprehend the potential impact of the crisis we are facing. Strictly assigning \""climate fiction\"" to fictions th.