Daimons in and of the Anthropocene: From the Greeks to Latour and Back.
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| Title: | Daimons in and of the Anthropocene: From the Greeks to Latour and Back. |
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| Authors: | Kyriakides, Theodoros |
| Source: | Social Analysis. Mar2024, Vol. 68 Issue 1, p1-24. 24p. |
| Subjects: | Latour, Bruno, 1947-2022, Gaia (Greek deity), Archaic Period, Greece, ca. 800 B.C.-480 B.C., Anthropocene Epoch, Subjectivity |
| Abstract: | This article puts archaic Greek perceptions of nature in dialogue with Bruno Latour's work on Gaia. I begin by summarizing Greek narratives of the archaic period that highlighted nature as a vital, wild, and daimonic terrain that existed outside but also penetrated and sustained Greek society and subjectivity. My central argument is that this daimonic realm of nature historically shaped modern understandings of society and culture, and is becoming ever more explicit in the uncertain conditions of the contemporary Anthropocene. The article continues to connect this argument to Latour's conceptual persona of Gaia: by approaching Gaia as an elemental and daimonic force that conditions human subjectivity and social relations, it ultimately seeks to renew our understanding of the complex, cosmic interdependencies that shape modern Anthropocene societies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | This article puts archaic Greek perceptions of nature in dialogue with Bruno Latour's work on Gaia. I begin by summarizing Greek narratives of the archaic period that highlighted nature as a vital, wild, and daimonic terrain that existed outside but also penetrated and sustained Greek society and subjectivity. My central argument is that this daimonic realm of nature historically shaped modern understandings of society and culture, and is becoming ever more explicit in the uncertain conditions of the contemporary Anthropocene. The article continues to connect this argument to Latour's conceptual persona of Gaia: by approaching Gaia as an elemental and daimonic force that conditions human subjectivity and social relations, it ultimately seeks to renew our understanding of the complex, cosmic interdependencies that shape modern Anthropocene societies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 0155977X |
| DOI: | 10.3167/sa.2024.680101 |
