Title Antropoceno naratyvai: paradigminiai pokyčiai santykiuose su gamta
Translation of Title The narratives of the Anthropocene: paradigmatic shifts in the relationships with nature.
Authors Gutauskas, Mintautas
DOI 10.53631/Athena.2025.20.4
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Is Part of Athena: filosofijos studijos: Žmogaus būklė antropoceno epochoje.. Vilnius : Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas. 2025, Nr. 20, p. 50-83.. ISSN 1822-5047. eISSN 2538-7294
Keywords [eng] nature ; Anthropocene ; Capitalocene ; anthropocentrism ; eco-phenomenology
Abstract [eng] This article aims to analyse paradigmatic shifts in the Anthropocene narratives. Based on Christophe Bonneuil’s notion of the Anthropocene narratives, four groups of Anthropocene narratives are analyzed: naturalistic, critical, post-naturalistic, and eco-phenomenological. The naturalistic narrative is presented as one that reveals the biophysical changes associated with climate change, and, by focusing on the calculation of the consequences of human activity, offers an interpretation of humanity as a geological force and a species. The analysis of the critical narratives reveals the anthropocentrism, modernity, and inequality inherent in the capitalist system, as well as the exploitation of humans and nature, and the assumptions underlying colonial thinking. In analyzing the diversity of post-naturalist narratives, this paper presents attempts to overcome the aforementioned anthropocentric distinctions, rethink the concepts of organism and environment, and explore new sympoietic practices. The eco-phenomenological perspective is developed as one that focuses on the experience of the Anthropocene crisis, describing how individual experiences change on extended scales of time and space, and how new practices are formed in relation to the natural environment. Finally, a perspectivist approach is proposed, which, by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of each narrative and its suitability for addressing the problems of the Anthropocene, would enable a more nuanced understanding of the multidimensionality and complexity of the Anthropocene.
Published Vilnius : Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas
Type Journal article
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2025
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