RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Hatred of the earth: climate change and post-planetary culture
A1 Tabas, Brad
K1 Post-planetarism
K1 Climate change
K1 Ecocriticisim
K1 David Brin
K1 Gregory Benford
K1 Kim Stanley Robinson
K1 Science fiction
K1 Post-planetarismo
K1 Cambio climático
K1 Ecocrítica
K1 Ciencia ficción
K1 Literatura
K1 Literature
K1 Medio ambiente
K1 Environmental science
AB This text examines the effects of climate change on cultural ideas regarding the colonization of space. More specifically, this paper explores the ways which the looming danger of climate catastrophe has fueled the growth of post-planetary culture: a culture that dreams of a human destiny beyond the Earth. It takes as its object both science fiction texts and non-fiction futurological pronouncements by scientists and entrepreneurs. What emerges from this study is the observation that unlike climate skeptics, post-planetarists believe that climate change is real. Yet like climate skeptics, they subordinate climate action to other priorities, putting the construction of a means of escaping this planet above climate action. But why do these post-planetarists wish to fly? Via a close reading of David Brin’s “Earth”, we argue that one of the key characteristics of post-planetary culture is a feeling of hatred and alienation towards the Earth. This hatred is both re-enforced by the ravages of climate change even as it contributes to this destruction by blocking post-planetarists from whole-heartedly engaging in climate action. In order to illustrate an antidote to this pathological cultural reaction to our current crisis, I present a close reading Kim Stanley Robinson’s “Aurora”, exploring how this text is both a critique of post-planetarism and a guide to renewing our love for the Earth.
PB Universidad de Alcalá
SN 2171-9594
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/42652
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/42652
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 24-abr-2024