This thesis explores the role of the catastrophic imaginary in shaping environmental praxis
in the UK. Confronted by the threat of a looming climate change catastrophe …

Stories about the end of the world continue to pile up daily. There isn't any sense of respite
from the litany of horrors we are presented with. The eerie atmosphere of ecological …

The environmental movement has stood out compared to other movements through its future-
oriented pessimism: dreams of a better or utopian future have been less important as a …

In the last couple of years, we have seen more frequent extreme weather phenomena haunt
the globe. When extreme heat, wildfires, extreme rainfall, and hailstorms are repeated in the …

Fears of impending global ecological catastrophe pervaded public debate in the early
1970s. The very rapid growth of environmental social movements since that time has …

This paper brings the narratives of the environmental activist groups Extinction Rebellion,
Just Stop Oil and Fridays for Future into conversation with Critical Anthropocene Theory and …

This paper brings the narratives of the environmental activist groups Extinction Rebellion,
Just Stop Oil and Fridays for Future into conversation with Critical Anthropocene Theory and …

A key conundrum of our times is posed at the beginning of this important and timely
book:'Human-induced climate disruption is the most pressing issue facing our species, yet …

What would an ecocriticism looN liNe that taNes seriously the idea that climate change and
global environmental change demand radical boundaryY-crossing action? This is the …

Apocalyptic discourses continue to be central to environmental movements, media
representations and even establishment accounts of environmental politics. At the same …