Exterranean Extraction in the Humanist Anthropocene |
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| Author:
| Usher, Phillip John |
| Series title: | Meaning Systems Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8232-8421-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2019 |
| Publisher: | Fordham University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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Exterranean concerns the extraction of
stuff from the Earth, a process in which matter goes from being sub- to exterranean. By shifting emphasis from emission to extraction, Usher reorients our perspective away from Earthrise-like globes and shows what is gained by opening the planet to depths within. Both historicist and speculative in approach,
Exterranean eschews the self-congratulatory claims of posthumanism and lays the groundwork for a comparative...
More Description Exterranean concerns the extraction of stuff from the Earth, a process in which matter goes from being sub- to exterranean. By shifting emphasis from emission to extraction, Usher reorients our perspective away from Earthrise-like globes and shows what is gained by opening the planet to depths within. Both historicist and speculative in approach, Exterranean eschews the self-congratulatory claims of posthumanism and lays the groundwork for a comparative ecocriticism that reaches across periods and languages. congratulatory claims of posthumanism and lays the groundwork for a comparative ecocriticism that reaches across periods and languages.