The Trumpeter - Journal of Ecosophy (Athabasca University)
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An Elephant in the Desert
Get PDFAn Elephant in the Desert is a narrative that talks about the writer's personal meeting with Terry Tempest Williams, the American writer from Utah. As a Fulbright scholar working on the writings of Williams, this personal meeting with Williams was one of the most defining moment of the writer's life. The experiential narrative discusses issues ranging from the personal to the political and the sacred in Williams's writings, the role of myth and legend and how they can redefine our ecological imagination. It also talks about staying deeply connected to the Universe at large how stories enact our life patterns, connect us to the physical world around us, and teach us stewardship
An Ecomythic Reading of T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land
Get PDFT S Eliot’s famous poem The Waste Land represents not only the spiritual malaise he sensed in modern society, but the alienation between the human psyche and the rest of the natural world as well. Analysis of some of the most potent imagery in the poem reveals a high modernist sense of extreme anxiety that presages much ecocritical discourse since. With reference to mythic icons Tiresias the blind seer and the mystery of the Holy Grail, this article pinpoints the way that Eliot maintains a homology between psyche and environment – in this case, the urban habitat of modern society – while showing how living in the city breaks down the individual’s links to the sacred element of the natural world. In spite of this sense of desolation, Eliot’s ritualistic use of repetition provides some clues to a nascent ecopsychology within the text
Willoquet-Maricondi, "Framing the World: Explorations in Ecocriticism and Film"
No full textThis edited volume explores the relatively new interdisciplinary paradigm of ecocinema. Each author merges film criticism with ecocritical theory. Each essay takes different perspective, and the environmental issues are analyzed with a wide variation of films. The book convinces as an exploration of a relatively new discipline, but leaves apatite for more when it comes to providing theoretical stances for future research.
Of Mountains and a Moth
Get PDFIn this creative non-fiction narrative, the author uses her experiences and observations as a High Peaks Summit Steward in New York State's Adirondack Mountains to contemplate people's varying relationships with mountain landscapes. After discussing the rising popularity and subsequent environmental impacts of "peak-bagging," she describes the emergence of a new ethic of stewardship, encouraging appreciation for and proper management of fragile alpine ecosystems. Meanwhile, she illustrates how her own perceptions and understandings of the Adirondack wilderness evolves through the course of long, frequently uncomfortable, and just as frequently awe-inspiring months working on the mountaintops
Nietzsche's Hyperanthropos-Centrism
Get PDFIn this article I examine Nietzsche's compatibility with Deep Ecology. I examine some important arguments for and against reading Nietzsche as an environmental philosopher. By introducing Arne Naess and Deep Ecology into the discussion, I show that Nietzsche can be effectively read as a forerunner to Deep Ecology, especially with his concept of the Ubermensch which he envisions as the human reintegrated into nature