David LOMBARD, Techno-Thoreau. Aesthetics, Ecology and the Capitalocene, Quodlibet, 2019, ISBN 978-88-229-0370-9, 96 p.

Abstract

Ecocriticism and ecophilosophy have become important fields of study in the last few decades, especially in the context of the Anthropocene (and, implicitly, climate change), a period of crisis, instability and vulnerability. The human impact on both the ecosystems and the geology of Earth has not only become a much-discussed topic in recent academic research but also a powerful and dominant theme in fiction, cinematography, and many other art forms. Thus, a new interdisciplinary field of study emerged in the last few years: environmental aesthetics. David Lombard’s Techno-Thoreau: Aesthetics, Ecology and the Capitalocene precisely investigates this subject matter, examining the aesthetic dimensions of Henry David Thoreau’s environmental philosophy, a philosophy that tries to break down the boundaries between the natural and the technological landscape.

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