简介:Provocative,playful,andenlightening,SimonEstok'sTheEcophobiaHypothesisawakensustoourselveswithbothcompassionandwisdomaboutapsychologicalconditionhecallsecophobia,whichisalsoprofoundlysocial,economic,andpolitical.EstokdefinesecophobiainhisIntroductionas"auniquelyhumanpsychologicalconditionthatpromptsantipathytowardnature"(1).Ecophobia,Estokalsowrites,canembody"fear,contempt,indifference,orlackofmindfulness"(1).Itis,inanutshell,anirrationalfearofnatureandagroundlesshatredofthenaturalworldhumanbeingsseemtohaveadaptedandaresufferingfromwhethertheyconsciouslyrecognizeitornot.
简介:InStacyAlaimo'slatestfull-lengthstudy,Exposed:EnvironmentalPoliticsandPleasuresinPosthumanTimes,Alaimocontinuesherinterestsinecofeminismandmaterialecocriticismandexpandsthattoincludeposthumanism.TheauthorofanearlyimportantecofeministstudyentitledUndomesticatedGrounds(2000)(inwhichshereappraisedtheideologicaltiesbetweenwomenandtheso-callednaturalworldthatwerebeingdenigratedbyotherpoststructuralistthinkers),Alaimocatapultedtobecomeamajorforceinecocriticismandtheenvironmentalhumanitiesatlargewithhertermtranscorporeality.Nowakeywordinecocriticism,trans-corporealityfirstgainedwidespreadattentioninAlaimoandSusanHekman'seditedanthology,MaterialFeminisms(2008)andAlaimo'smonographBodilyNatures(2010).