Deconstruction and/as Ecology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8109737 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Timothy Morton (0009-0006-4168-579X, corresponding author) |
| Editors | Greg Garrard (0000-0003-3027-2720) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The Oxford Handbook of Ecocriticism (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199742929.013.005 |
| OpenAlex | W2315285560 |
| ISBN | 9780199742929 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This article examines the relevance of the concept of deconstruction to ecocriticism. It discusses Jacques Derrida’s deconstruction and contends that deconstruction is not nominalism because it tells us something profound about our actual universe. It argues that deconstruction is the ‘secret best friend’ of ecocriticism, despite how some versions of ecocriticism want to rough up deconstruction, and explains that, like evolution, deconstruction reveals a situation even more mysterious, uncanny, and intimate than other forms of environmental criticism. The article also considers the relevant principles of phenomenology and coexistentialism
Aesthetics · Art · Criticism · Deconstruction (building · Différance · Ecocriticism · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Literature · Metaphysics · Phenomenology (philosophy · Uncanny · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Ecology · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |