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Narrating Entanglement Without Dehumanisation in Contemporary Eco‐Fiction
Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.ABSTRACT This essay presents a comparative analysis of two contemporary works of eco‐fiction, Richard Powers's The Overstory (2018) and Eleanor Catton's Birnam Wood (2023). Both novels use multiperspective narration in the service of entanglement narratives, forms of storytelling that emphasise the interconnection of human and nonhuman life.
Diana Rose Newby
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Comparing COVID-19 metaphors in Chinese and English social media with critical metaphor analysis. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2023 Xu Q.
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Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.ABSTRACT This paper presents a close‐hearing analysis of Forest 404, a transmedial audio drama that was released to BBC Sounds in 2019. Despite the drama's eco‐dystopian critique of teleological ‘progress’ narratives (that enable and perpetuate the destruction of the natural world), I argue that the series ultimately propagates a sense of inevitability
Matilda Jones
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L’orizzonte contemporaneo della fine del mondo. Lineamenti per una dialettica apocalisse/sopravvivenza [PDF]
S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it, 2012 The aim of this article is to show how important is the idea of “apocalypse” in the present age and discuss if it is possible to develop any strategies of “survival”.
Salottolo, Delio
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The four horsemen of a viral Apocalypse: The pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19)
EBioMedicine, 2020 P. Domingo +5 more
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Narrative Horizons: Deliberate Derangement in Oceanic Climate Fiction
Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.ABSTRACT Although we live in the Anthropocene—the geological age of humankind, wherein humans have measurably impacted the biosphere—we struggle to narrate the Anthropocene. In particular, we struggle to give narrative shape to its foremost feature: anthropogenic climate change.
Mark Celeste
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Literatūra (Vilnius)This article focuses on Viktor Denisenko’s novel The Vilnius Apocalypse, published in 2022. It aims to examine the relationship between the novel’s plot and the Christian apocalyptic tradition, which gained its form in the High Middle Ages.
Aleksej Burov, Diana Ickovič-Zenovič
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Futures of Everyday Life: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Future Personas in Scenarios
FUTURES &FORESIGHT SCIENCE, Volume 8, Issue 1, April 2026.ABSTRACT Scenario reports, holding a long‐standing tradition in foresight and futures studies, act as an essential document for organizations to prepare for possible, plausible, and alternative futures. Focusing on descriptions and representations of everyday life, we examined 29 future persona narratives from six publications—covering a wide field ...
Gerhard Schönhofer +3 more
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Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, Volume 26, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT Background Although several studies have examined climate change‐related concerns affecting mental health, it remains unclear what specific cognitions are present in clinical samples. The present study examines (1) the thought content of patients with climate change‐related concerns and (2) their cognitive styles, as reported by therapists ...
Katharina Trost +5 more
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Is COVID-19 Like a Zombie Apocalypse? Using Horror Films to Examine the Pandemic and Social Inequalities. [PDF]
Teach Sociol, 2022 Denardo D.
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