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“Strange can be quite normal”: How the environmental crisis becomes present in Han Kang's and Samanta Schweblin's “constructively alienating” environmental fiction

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract This article presents the concept “constructive alienation” as a response to the oversaturation of apocalyptic environmental fiction that has contributed to deep‐seated desensitization toward the climate crisis, resulting in crisis of imagination (Ghosh, The Great Derangement: Climate change and the unthinkable, 2016; Solnit, If you win the ...
Agnethe Brounbjerg Bennedsgaard
wiley   +1 more source

Danielboek as apokaliptiek

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2001
The tales in the Book of Daniel (Dan 1-6) do not have typical apocalyptic features. The tales form part of a book that also includes visions (Dan 7-12) that exhibit definite apocalyptic features.
M. Nel
doaj   +1 more source

The Last Line

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Beci Carver
wiley   +1 more source

‘Taking the green pill’: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived experiences of climate distress

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Climate distress (CD) is an emerging psychological response to the climate crisis, encompassing anxiety, grief, shame, and helplessness. While empirical research has begun to explore its prevalence and emotional impacts, little is known about the lived experience of CD.
Jessica L. Morgan, James D. Gregory, Marc O. Williams   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

There’s a Basilisk in the Bathwater: AI and the Apocalyptic Imagination

Religions
Deciding what to make of secular, religious, and spiritual speculations about AI and digital technologies can be overwhelming, and focusing on the extreme utopic or dystopic outcomes may be obscuring the larger facts.
Avery Isbrücker
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating insights into radicalization: A text‐mining systematic review

Political Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The study of radicalization encompasses a broad spectrum of perspectives, with scholars from diverse disciplines – ranging from psychology, sociology, political science, criminology, to economics – contributing to its multifaceted comprehension. Despite this substantial body of empirical research, the knowledge is fragmented across disciplines,
Anna Knorr, Nikita Podolin, Gabriele Di Cicco, Małgorzata Kossowska   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The End as Enjambment: Critical Inquiries Beyond the End…

Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, 2015
This introduction investigates the proliferation of ends in late 20th century and early 21st century fiction, theory, and culture. By investigating some characteristics of ‘ends’ I reflect upon some of the aporias of the concept of the end. I conclude by
Sebastian Huber
doaj   +1 more source

Powerful representation of the poor? German welfare associations' narrative advocacy during COVID‐19

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic sparked unprecedented experimentation in the German social assistance system, leading to changes previously considered impracticable by policymakers. This included a sanctions moratorium, easier access to benefits, and temporary cash transfers, all of which were advocated by welfare associations—key organized interests ...
Christopher Smith Ochoa
wiley   +1 more source

Walter Schmithals: His contribution to the theological and historical interpretation of the New Testament

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2011
The aim of this article was to explain Walter Schmithals’ unique understanding of the unity of the New Testament message. It focuses on his historical en theological interpretation of the New Testament within the parameters of the historical-critical ...
Piet B. Boshoff
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Impossible Dreaming: On Speculative Education Fiction and Hopeful Learning Futures. [PDF]

Postdigit Sci Educ, 2022
Houlden S, Veletsianos G.
europepmc   +1 more source