Looking to Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Word for World is Forest to Find Ways to Respond to the Dilemmas of the Anthropocene

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Autor(a) principal: Savi, Melina Pereira
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Ilha do Desterro
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/75377
Resumo: In The Word for World is Forest (1972), Ursula K. Le Guin imagines a dystopian future where humans (Terrans) are faced with the task of plundering other planets for the resource they have caused the earth to be depleted of: wood. On planet Athshe, Terrans find dense forests and a peaceful population of humans, and are quick to reproduce practices founded in the dualistic logic that sets humans (culture) against nature. These practices and depictions of the earth resonate with the dilemmas of the Anthropocene, the “age of humans,” where loss in biodiversity, climate change, massive deforestation, among other things are sounding an alarm that many associate with the end of the world as we know it. Athsheans, as I demonstrate in this paper, put up a resistance to Terran practices that are grounded not in violence (although they unwillingly apply it) but in holding fast to a worldview that is nondualist and dream-based that can serve to inform us in resisting the logic that has led us to the Anthropocene in the first place.
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spelling Looking to Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Word for World is Forest to Find Ways to Respond to the Dilemmas of the AnthropoceneOlhando para The Word for World is Forest , de Ursula K. Le Guin, para encontrar maneiras de responder aos dilemas do AntropocenoIn The Word for World is Forest (1972), Ursula K. Le Guin imagines a dystopian future where humans (Terrans) are faced with the task of plundering other planets for the resource they have caused the earth to be depleted of: wood. On planet Athshe, Terrans find dense forests and a peaceful population of humans, and are quick to reproduce practices founded in the dualistic logic that sets humans (culture) against nature. These practices and depictions of the earth resonate with the dilemmas of the Anthropocene, the “age of humans,” where loss in biodiversity, climate change, massive deforestation, among other things are sounding an alarm that many associate with the end of the world as we know it. Athsheans, as I demonstrate in this paper, put up a resistance to Terran practices that are grounded not in violence (although they unwillingly apply it) but in holding fast to a worldview that is nondualist and dream-based that can serve to inform us in resisting the logic that has led us to the Anthropocene in the first place.Em The Word for World is Forest (1972), Ursula K. Le Guin imagina um futuro distópico em que os humanos (Terrans) enfrentam a tarefa de saquear outros planetas para obter o recurso que esgotaram na Terra: a madeira. No planeta Athshe, os Terrans encontram densas florestas e uma pacífica população de humanos, e são rápidos em reproduzir práticas fundadas na lógica dualista que coloca os humanos (cultura) contra a natureza. Essas práticas e representações da terra ressoam com os dilemas do Antropoceno, a "era dos humanos", onde a perda de biodiversidade, mudanças climáticas, desmatamento maciço, entre outras práticas, estão soando um alarme que muitos associam com o fim do mundo como nós o conhecemos. Athsheans, como demonstro neste artigo, criam um movimento de resistência às práticas terráqueas  que não se baseia na violência (embora eles a apliquem a contragosto), mas em se agarrar a uma visão de mundo que é não dualista e baseada em sonhos e que pode servir para nos informar sobre como resistir à lógica que nos levou ao Antropoceno em primeiro lugar.UFSC2021-01-28info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/7537710.5007/2175-8026.2021.e75377Ilha do Desterro A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies; Vol. 74 No. 1 (2021): LiteratureIlha do Desterro A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies; v. 74 n. 1 (2021): Literatura2175-80260101-4846reponame:Ilha do Desterroinstname:Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)instacron:UFSCenghttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/75377/45301Copyright (c) 2020 Melina Pereira Savihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSavi, Melina Pereira2021-01-28T02:23:10Zoai:periodicos.ufsc.br:article/75377Revistahttp://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterroPUBhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/oaiilha@cce.ufsc.br||corseuil@cce.ufsc.br||ilhadodesterro@gmail.com2175-80260101-4846opendoar:2021-01-28T02:23:10Ilha do Desterro - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)false
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Olhando para The Word for World is Forest , de Ursula K. Le Guin, para encontrar maneiras de responder aos dilemas do Antropoceno
title Looking to Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Word for World is Forest to Find Ways to Respond to the Dilemmas of the Anthropocene
spellingShingle Looking to Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Word for World is Forest to Find Ways to Respond to the Dilemmas of the Anthropocene
Savi, Melina Pereira
title_short Looking to Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Word for World is Forest to Find Ways to Respond to the Dilemmas of the Anthropocene
title_full Looking to Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Word for World is Forest to Find Ways to Respond to the Dilemmas of the Anthropocene
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description In The Word for World is Forest (1972), Ursula K. Le Guin imagines a dystopian future where humans (Terrans) are faced with the task of plundering other planets for the resource they have caused the earth to be depleted of: wood. On planet Athshe, Terrans find dense forests and a peaceful population of humans, and are quick to reproduce practices founded in the dualistic logic that sets humans (culture) against nature. These practices and depictions of the earth resonate with the dilemmas of the Anthropocene, the “age of humans,” where loss in biodiversity, climate change, massive deforestation, among other things are sounding an alarm that many associate with the end of the world as we know it. Athsheans, as I demonstrate in this paper, put up a resistance to Terran practices that are grounded not in violence (although they unwillingly apply it) but in holding fast to a worldview that is nondualist and dream-based that can serve to inform us in resisting the logic that has led us to the Anthropocene in the first place.
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