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NO ONE CAME FROM OUTSIDE: A CRITIQUE OF THE ABJECT-LOVECRAFTIAN FOUNDATIONS OF DARK ECOLOGY.

Authors :
León Casero, Jorge
Urabayen, Julia
Source :
Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English & Cultural Studies; mai-ago2023, Vol. 76 Issue 2, p181-200, 20p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

In recent decades, philosophical reflection on the utopian has focused on the analysis of the way in which the future-possible and the radically unknown or "other" influence our present. Specifically, accelerationism and Object-oriented Ontology have identified horror and weird fiction in general, and H. P. Lovecraft in particular, as the privileged field from which to access a radically anti-humanist absolute exteriority (Outside) with the aim of developing a new anti-species worldview, one which Timothy Morton calls "Dark Ecology." This article analyzes the philosophical foundations of this worldview, showing the exclusive and proto-fascist character it harbors, which is why it should be clearly separated from other post-humanisms and/or new materialisms based on the hybridization and interconnection characteristic of relational ontologies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01014846
Volume :
76
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English & Cultural Studies
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
172033362
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2023.e92273