2023 Vol. 2 No. 1
    International Journal of Body, Nature, and Culture Vol.1, No. 2, pp. 35-52

    Anecdote of a Jar--The “Anthropocene” as Western Fable (A propos Hillis Miller's China lectures)

    Tom Cohen

    Received   2023/04/07        Accpted   2023/05/31        Published Online   2023/05/31

    DOI : ttps://doi.org/10.23124/JBNC.2023.2.1.35

    Abstract

    This essay departs from J. Hillis Miller's An Innocent Abroad: Lectures in China (2015) to explore the legacy of "deconstructive" reading in the era of transnational rupture, climate extinction, and the rise of A.I.

    Keywords Anthropocene, J. Hillis Miller, Wallace Stevens, Tipping Points, Climate Chaos, mnemo-technics, ideology