Hubert Zapf
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View article: Cultural and Literary Ecology
Cultural and Literary Ecology Open
The chapter outlines the main assumptions of cultural ecology as a direction of ecocriticism and the environmental humanities. It contextualizes the approach first within general cultural ecology and subsequently within literary theory and…
View article: Posthumanism or Ecohumanism? Environmental Studies in the Anthropocene
Posthumanism or Ecohumanism? Environmental Studies in the Anthropocene Open
The paper discusses two of the currently most influential discourses in the environmental humanities, posthumanism and the Anthropocene, in the light of the concept of ‘ecohumanism’ suggested by the title of the present new journal. This c…
View article: Environmental humanities: an emerging field of transdisciplinary research
Environmental humanities: an emerging field of transdisciplinary research Open
Humanity is facing a global crisis that has been brought about by the domestication, exploitation and degradation of the natural environment. This crisis is closely interconnected with social structures and processes, and with cultural rep…
View article: Literature as Cultural Ecology
Literature as Cultural Ecology Open
Drawing on the latest debates in ecocritical theory and sustainability studies, Literature as Cultural Ecology: Sustainable Texts outlines a new approach to the reading of literary texts. Hubert Zapf considers the ways in which literature …