Book contents
- Climate and American Literature
- Cambridge Themes in American Literature and Culture
- Climate and American Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Climate and Its Discontents
- Part II American Literary Climates
- Part III New Lines of Inquiry
- Chapter 16 Climate and the Environmental Humanities
- Chapter 17 The Anthropocenic Sublime
- Chapter 18 Climate and the New Materialisms
- Chapter 19 A Match Made in Hell
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 18 - Climate and the New Materialisms
from Part III - New Lines of Inquiry
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 February 2021
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Book contents
- Climate and American Literature
- Cambridge Themes in American Literature and Culture
- Climate and American Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Climate and Its Discontents
- Part II American Literary Climates
- Part III New Lines of Inquiry
- Chapter 16 Climate and the Environmental Humanities
- Chapter 17 The Anthropocenic Sublime
- Chapter 18 Climate and the New Materialisms
- Chapter 19 A Match Made in Hell
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The crisis of anthropogenic climate change is made worse by the hegemony of neoliberal, free-market economic orthodoxy. Almost everywhere the idea of “the market” reigns supreme, like an angry god demanding constant deference and tribute. The essential problem is this: Neoliberalism is hostile to the idea of economic planning and redistribution; it maintains that the market is largely self-regulating, but adapting to and mitigating the worst of climate change will require robust and active states.
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- Climate and American Literature , pp. 300 - 314Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021