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On the Philosophy of Trembling: Negen-u-topia, Sun Death, Ecosophy

On the Philosophy of Trembling: Negen-u-topia, Sun Death, Ecosophy <p>abstract:</p><p>This article offers several utopian/dystopian thought experiments to explore the sheer dread in thinking otherwise than the contemporary unworld <i>as it is</i>. It attempts this through a consideration of the horror of a world <i>without a sun</i>. It demonstrates this incapacity of thought to think beyond the utopos of the unworld as it is with reference to the 2017 BBC drama <i>Hard Sun</i>. It contrasts this essentially failed science fiction with the satirical optimism of Gabriel Tarde’s <i>Underground Man</i>, published in 1905, in which a postapocalypse sunless utopia is envisaged under the Earth. Shaping and guiding my analysis are the different philosophical senses of <i>utopia</i> found in Félix Guattari’s and Édouard Glissant’s work and the way they function to destabilize apocalyptic thought.</p> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Utopian Studies Penn State University Press

On the Philosophy of Trembling: Negen-u-topia, Sun Death, Ecosophy

Bradley, Joff P. N.
Utopian Studies , Volume 30 (3) – Dec 18, 2019
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<p>abstract:</p><p>This article offers several utopian/dystopian thought experiments to explore the sheer dread in thinking otherwise than the contemporary unworld <i>as it is</i>. It attempts this through a consideration of the horror of a world <i>without a sun</i>. It demonstrates this incapacity of thought to think beyond the utopos of the unworld as it is with reference to the 2017 BBC drama <i>Hard Sun</i>. It contrasts this essentially failed science fiction with the satirical optimism of Gabriel Tarde’s <i>Underground Man</i>, published in 1905, in which a postapocalypse sunless utopia is envisaged under the Earth. Shaping and guiding my analysis are the different philosophical senses of <i>utopia</i> found in Félix Guattari’s and Édouard Glissant’s work and the way they function to destabilize apocalyptic thought.</p>

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Utopian Studies – Penn State University Press

Published: Dec 18, 2019

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