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      Imagining a Better Catastrophe on the Damaged Planet
      Author

      Son Hee-jeong



      Cultural critic Son Hee-jeong, who has been closely communicating with the public through various platforms such as radio, broadcasting, YouTube, and newspapers, presents a record of her thoughts over the past three years amid the outbreak and spread of the COVID-19 virus. She persistently read and watched to understand the cause of human behavior that never slows down even when faced with the planetary crisis, and presents here a list of thoughts connected to the feminist epistemology that has always accompanied small things erased by the master narrative.

      "How can we speak beyond human beings without falling into destructive misanthropy?" Instead of screaming "We're all doomed" in hatred and cynicism, the author suggests finding alternatives that become possible only in the entanglement of various thoughts. The keys are the counter-puissance words, such as Chthulucene, New Materialism, feminism, oddkin, posthuman, care/dependence, refugia, that overthrow the dominant ideologies of modernity, such as humanism, developmentalism, paternalism, heterocentrism, militarism, capitalism, racism.

      From Guillermo del Toro's "Pinocchio" and oddkin, to posthuman's tangible form shown in "Southern Reach: Annihilation," stories about the disappearing habitats of various species on Earth, tales about refugia in "Sweet Tooth," and documentaries like "Sura" that shows us the real meaning of Chthulucene. A diverse list of viewing and reading materials not categorized under feminism and precise and clear political analyses and critiques of these works will guide the readers to a deeper and richer understanding of alternative discourses that trigger epistemological shifts.

      다음글 The Onslaught of Loneliness 2024-06-05
      이전글 Stiffed 2024-06-05