This open access book examines the relations between human and nonhuman subjects in recent literary works through three distinct parts of what the author have called anthropoforming. The first focuses on the relationship between human groups and the geological planet, looking in particular at how the nonconscious planetary has reflexive responses to unrestrained processes of consumption and waste expulsion. The second part moves into physiological connections between human groups and nonhuman inhabitants of the planet and examines how the nonhuman relationships here reshape the way one understands what the human is and how that human relates to a wider world. As these relationships sometimes force actual evolutions, this part of the project investigates how evolution comes about due to a changing relationship first with the planet, then the plant kingdom, and finally with the technological. In the final, third part these are realized as the nonhuman relationship in built and naturally forming ecologies restructure the human relationship to the total planet, seen here as a cognizant entity—a geological consciousness.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a standard CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
| ISBN: | 9798216449584 |
| Publication date: | 10th December 2026 |
| Author: | Author Paul Piatkowski |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Ecocritical Theory and Practice |
| Genres: |
The environment Environmentalist thought and ideology Social impact of environmental issues Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world |
This open access book examines the relations between human and nonhuman subjects in recent literary works through three distinct parts of what the author have called anthropoforming. The first focuses on the relationship between human groups and the geological planet, looking in particular at how the nonconscious planetary has reflexive responses to unrestrained processes of consumption and waste expulsion. The second part moves into physiological connections between human groups and nonhuman inhabitants of the planet and examines how the nonhuman relationships here reshape the way one understands what the human is and how that human relates to a wider world. As these relationships sometimes force actual evolutions, this part of the project investigates how evolution comes about due to a changing relationship first with the planet, then the plant kingdom, and finally with the technological. In the final, third part these are realized as the nonhuman relationship in built and naturally forming ecologies restructure the human relationship to the total planet, seen here as a cognizant entity—a geological consciousness.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a standard CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
Anthropoforming features in the following genres: The environment, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Social impact of environmental issues, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world
Anthropoforming is available in Hardback
Anthropoforming was written by Author Paul Piatkowski and published by Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Anthropoforming has 256 pages
Yes it is part of Ecocritical Theory and Practice series
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