The Discourses of Environmental Collapse, Imagining the End

In recent years, “environmental collapse” has become an important way of framing and imagining environmental change and destruction, referencing issues such as climate change, species extinction, and deteriorating ecosystems. Given collapse’s pervasiveness across disciplines and spheres, this edited volume articulates environmental collapse as a discursive phenomenon worthy of sustained critical attention. Building upon contemporary conversations in the fields of archaeology and the natural sciences, this volume coalesces, explores, and critically evaluates the diverse array of literatures and imaginaries that constitute the discourse of environmental collapse. The volume is divided into three sections – Doc Collapse, Pop Collapse, and Craft Collapse – that explore representations of environmental collapse from the vantage point of diverse fields of inquiry. Bringing together a broad range of topics and authors, this volume will be of great interest to scholars of environmental communication, environmental humanities, and environmental studies.