Alan and Jem discuss the role that images of total catastrophe play in our culture and our politics: from fears of nuclear war to visions of environmental and social breakdown. We talk about, among many other things, the post-war peace movement, Hobbes’ vision of society and The Lord of the Rings. (Jem also misremembers the plot of Silent Running, but gets the general vibe right).
Some books that helped us with this one:
The Anthropocene Unconscious: Climate Catastrophe Culture by Mark Bould
Nuclear Fictions :Violence and the Narration of the Anglosphere by Michael Gardiner
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