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Wild Enchantments in the Anthropocene : Exploring the Wild in Narratives, Practices and Place in Dark Green Spirituality

Brissman, Ive LU (2021)
Abstract
This thesis is ta study of the intersection between dark green spirituality and the green movement in relation to climate change and ecological crisis, and it explores how some ecologically concerned people try to orientate themselves in facing the challenges and especially the role of spirituality in this context. The study is set in the period 2009–2015, and it is based in fieldwork conducted in Devon and Dartmoor, UK. The work relates to the scholarly approaches to the geological epoch the Anthropocene. The theoretical framework relates to enchantment as a complex mood (Bennett). Based on the study a view of ‘wild enchantments’ is chiselled out, examples of various ways to cultivate wild enchantments or to work with wonder, and wounds... (More)
This thesis is ta study of the intersection between dark green spirituality and the green movement in relation to climate change and ecological crisis, and it explores how some ecologically concerned people try to orientate themselves in facing the challenges and especially the role of spirituality in this context. The study is set in the period 2009–2015, and it is based in fieldwork conducted in Devon and Dartmoor, UK. The work relates to the scholarly approaches to the geological epoch the Anthropocene. The theoretical framework relates to enchantment as a complex mood (Bennett). Based on the study a view of ‘wild enchantments’ is chiselled out, examples of various ways to cultivate wild enchantments or to work with wonder, and wounds is given. ‘Wild enchantments’ is an invitation to wild places; it is an encounter with the riddling power of the Anthropocene. (Less)
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author
supervisor
opponent
  • professor Graham Harvey, The Open University UK
organization
publishing date
type
Thesis
publication status
published
subject
keywords
Wild enchantments, Anthropocene, ecological self-awareness, negotiating baselines, dark green spirituality, rewilding, the wild mind, wild places, deep time, the eerie, ecological shadows, riddling power, wonder and wounds, making kin, the larger-than-human world
pages
334 pages
publisher
Lund University
defense location
LUX C121 eller digitalt via https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/64049435184
defense date
2022-02-04 10:15:00
ISBN
978-91-89415-83-6
978-91-89415-05-8
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
fe0edd36-e456-468a-9907-974cf7898027
date added to LUP
2021-12-15 21:07:57
date last changed
2023-09-06 13:24:23
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