Strange Days in the Anthropocene : The Inhuman in

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Strange Days in the Anthropocene : The Inhuman in "The Colour out of Space" and Annihilation

ČAPEK, Jan

Základní údaje

Originální název

Strange Days in the Anthropocene : The Inhuman in "The Colour out of Space" and Annihilation

Autoři

ČAPEK, Jan (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Supernatural Studies, The Supernatural Studies Association, 2019, 2470-203X

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60206 Specific literatures

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL URL

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/19:00111048

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Annihilation; anthropocentrism; capitalism; ethics; H. P. Lovecraft; inhuman; existentialism; cultural criticism

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 2. 4. 2020 11:23, Mgr. Marie Skřivanová

Anotace

V originále

This article considers the different ethical effects of extra-terrestrial forces entering the milieu of the Earth in H. P. Lovecraft’s 1927 story “The Colour out of Space” and Alex Garland’s 2018 film Annihilation. The article first introduces Lovecraft’s concept of the “cosmic” and, following his proposition of the cosmic indifference toward the Human, identifies cosmic forces as “inhuman,” incompatible with the Human. The article then discusses the significance of anthropocentric ethics and its relatively recent critiques found in Émil Cioran’s concept of the “void” or the introduction of the spatiotemporal territory of the “Anthropocene.” The article then proposes to discuss the effects of the cosmic force in relation to Nature not as “supernatural” but as “supranatural” or “innatural.” Annihilation provides an example of inhuman yet supranatural cosmic occurrence, a proliferation of Nature. After considering the anthropocentric and cosmic significance of the motif of cancer, the article continues on to discuss its transformations of Nature, the Human, and their ethical relations. Lovecraft’s story, seen through a Marxist reading of themes of alienation, fatigue, and depletion, reveals its cosmic force to be inhuman and innatural, exemplifying the frightening materiality of capitalism itself. While both works share the premise of transformations brought by an extra-terrestrial force and exemplify how anthropocentrism affects our perception of it, each proposes vastly different effects of the intrusion.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1396/2018, interní kód MU

Název: Researching Communication in English: Paradigms, Strategies, Developments (Akronym: RCE)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Researching Communication in English: Paradigms, Strategies, Developments, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty

Citovat

ČAPEK, Jan. Strange Days in the Anthropocene : The Inhuman in "The Colour out of Space" and Annihilation. Supernatural Studies. The Supernatural Studies Association, 2019, roč. 6, č. 1, s. 9-25. ISSN 2470-203X.

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ČAPEK, Jan. Strange Days in the Anthropocene : The Inhuman in ''The Colour out of Space'' and Annihilation. \textit{Supernatural Studies}. The Supernatural Studies Association, 2019, roč.~6, č.~1, s.~9-25. ISSN~2470-203X.

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