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Contestatory and Creative Poetics for a Time of Climate Catastrophe - by John Kinsella & Russell West-Pavlov (Hardcover)
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- This volume is a collaborative work of ficto-critical ecopolitics written by two Australian scholar-poets based in the Western Australian Wheatlands (John Kinsella) and Germany's south-western Württemberg (Russell West-Pavlov).
- About the Author: John Kinsella is the author of over seventy books of poetry, fiction, criticism, plays, edited works and collaborative works.
- 334 Pages
- Political Science, Globalization
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About the Book
This volume is a collaborative work of ficto-critical ecopolitics written by two Australian scholar-poets based in the Western Australian Wheatlands (John Kinsella) and Germany's south-western Württemberg (Russell West-Pavlov).Book Synopsis
This volume is a collaborative work of ficto-critical ecopolitics written by two Australian scholar-poets based in the Western Australian Wheatlands (John Kinsella) and Germany's south-western Württemberg (Russell West-Pavlov).Review Quotes
"Similar to Deleuze and Guattari's A Thousand Plateaus or Berlant and Stewart's The Hundreds, this book multiplies the ways to reanimate the vibrant web of life on Earth threatened, as it is, by malevolent destruction. Here are texts that philtre antidotes - powerful mixtures of philosophy and poetry restoring connections you had never imagined." -Stephen Muecke, University of Notre Dame, Australia.
"As humanity engages with end-time scenarios, a book that combines incandescent words and theoretical sophistica-tion to both provoke and assuage. Engaging with the quiddity of nature and arguing for the porosity of the human and animal, the authors pose both a new paradigm and a challenge to the disciplines in the age of the Anthropocene." -Dilip M. Menon, Professor of History and International Relations, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, and editor Changing Theory: Concepts for the Global South (Routledge, 2022).
"In this unique antipodal collaboration, Kinsella and West-Pavlov engage in an exhilarating dialogue of forms-fictocriticism, poetry, microfictions-responding to the urgencies of climate crisis with brilliance and imagina-tive force." -Philip Mead, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
"Per Se is an extraordinary collaborative work that reflects in fascinating ways on its own making. In the variety and verve of its forms, registers and concerns, it embodies exactly the multiplicity and connectedness the writers celebrate in the world. Essential reading for our troubled times." -Ivan Vladislavic, Distinguished Professor in Creative Writing, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
About the Author
John Kinsella is the author of over seventy books of poetry, fiction, criticism, plays, edited works and collaborative works. He is an extraordinary fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University, and emeritus professor of Literature and Environment at Curtin University. He has recently been a DAAD visiting professor at the University of Tübingen (2021-2024). Russell West-Pavlov is a professor of Anglophone Literature and co-convenor of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Global South Studies at the University of Tübingen, Germany. His recent book publications include Eastern African Literatures (2018), German as Contact Zone (2019), AfrikAffekt (2020) and, as editor, The Global South and Literature (2018).
