PLASTIC LOVE LESSONS: SPECULATIVE IMAGINARIES IN TIMES OF ECOLOGICAL CRISIS.
The current crisis of plastic overaccumulation on a planetary scale reveals a toxic relationship with earth premised on the exploitation of natural resources. Drawing on Hannah Arendt's notion of amor mundi, this article argues that such a relationship reflects a profound lack of care and love for o...
| Publicado en: | Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy / Revue Canadienne de Philosophie Continentale Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 91 - 111 |
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