Eco-Theory and Annihilation

Dr Evan Gottlieb (Oregon State University, USA)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic USA
24 April 2025

Film theory & criticism; Science fiction; Environmental science, engineering & technology

Series: Film Theory in Practice

Eco-theory and Annihilation is part of the Film Theory in Practice series, which blends the explanation of a film theory with the interpretation of a film and provides discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. This book offers a concise introduction to eco-theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret Alex Garland's controversial film adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer's hit novel Annihilation.

Eco-theory is one of the most exciting and timely offshoots of contemporary critical theory, but it is too frequently treated as only a recent development. Covering historical developments in nature philosophy, geology, and organic chemistry, as well as contemporary critical methodologies like systems theory and new materialism, Eco-Theory and Annihilation introduces readers to the full extent of eco-theory’s lively variations, as well as investigates the complications that arise when those variations are mediated by the generic expectations of filmic science fiction. This book illuminates the deep history of eco-theory, maps its contemporary coordinates, and demonstrates how it can shed light on Garland’s provocative eco-sci-fi thriller.

By: Dr Evan Gottlieb (Oregon State University USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781501376610
ISBN 10: 1501376616
Series: Film Theory in Practice
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 24 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. Eco-Theory from the Enlightenment to the Anthropocene and Beyond 2. Eco-Theory and Annihilation Conclusion Further Reading Bibliography Index

Evan Gottlieb is Professor of English in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film at Oregon State University, USA. He is the author of five books, most recently Engagements with Contemporary Literary and Critical Theory (2020) and Romantic Realities: Speculative Realism and British Romanticism (2018).

Reviews for Eco-Theory and Annihilation

Eco-Theory and Annihilation provides a masterful, philosophically informed, and up-to-date overview of the expanding field of eco-theory and its major thinkers. In addition, by pairing eco-theory with practical ecocriticism of Garland’s film version of VanderMeer’s novel Annihilation, it discloses the indispensability of particular contexts of lived experience and practice. Eco-Theory and Annihilation provides us with new ecological thinking needed to cope with life in the Anthropocene and to rethink what it means to be human. * Monika Kaup, Professor, English, University of Washington, USA *