Title Antropocenas ir „dirbtinė gamta“: nuo nostalgijos prie nejaukos
Translation of Title The Anthropocene and “artificial nature”: from nostalgia to the uncanny.
Authors Daraškevičiūtė, Vaiva
DOI 10.53631/Athena.2025.20.10
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Is Part of Athena: filosofijos studijos: Žmogaus būklė antropoceno epochoje.. Vilnius : Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas. 2025, Nr. 20, p. 195-212.. ISSN 1822-5047. eISSN 2538-7294
Keywords [eng] “artificial nature” ; art ; technology ; Anthropocene ; nostalgia ; solastalgia ; uncanny
Abstract [eng] The article analyses the concept of “artificial nature” in the Anthropocene, focusing on the similarities between natural and artificial objects, and the nostalgia, solastalgia, and sense of the uncanny provoked by the blurring of boundaries between nature and artificiality that characterizes today’s environment. Building on Kant’s idea in the Critique of Judgment that art imitates natural phenomena, the article argues that the concept of nature is becoming increasingly unclear, and that the level of “artificial nature” in our environment is expanding as technology becomes more prevalent. Drawing on the work of various authors, the article proposes that, to understand the complex relationship between contemporary humans and their environment (“artificial nature”), it is more useful to consider the concept of the uncanny than nostalgia or solastalgia, as this helps us to grasp the sense of loss of control that is emblematic of the Anthropocene.
Published Vilnius : Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas
Type Journal article
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2025
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