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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 brings together 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, this book unravels the complexities of our relationship with the natural sphere. This scholarly collection serves as a compass, guiding readers through the uncharted territories of environmental scholarship or revisiting existing study through fresh critical perspectives. 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.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Editors' Introduction
Cenk Tan & ¿smail 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
¿smail 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 Özdä
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
About the author
Edited by Cenk Tan and ISMAIL Serdar Altaç - Contributions by Cenk Tan; ISMAIL Serdar Altaç; Panchali Bhattacharya; Brian Deyo; Erden El; Lenka Filipova; Mahinur Gözde Kasurka; Narayan Jena; Philippe Lynes; Amarjeet Nayak; Kübra Vural Özbey; Ufuk Özdag; P
Summary
This book provides critical engagements with recent environmental scholarship, incorporating key concepts in ecological thinking, the paths of ecocriticism and the interdisciplinary humanities.
