Vatic Environmentalism: Orphic Aesthetics and Ecological Justice

Abstract

Founded on readings in quantum theory, poststructuralist philosophy, and world litera- tures, this article argues that an Orphic tradition can be traced over the last two thousand years, translating a history of human response to the environment which has contributed to the poetic formulation of an ecological ethics that we propose to call vatic environmentalism.

Keywords

• romanticism
• marvelous realism
• orpheus
• quantum physics
• environmentalism