Anthropocene
Johanna Bell's new book, Department of the Vanishing, blends poetry and archival elements to explore environmental decline and personal grief in a future marked by mass bird extinctions. Set in 2029, the story follows an archivist dedicated to preserving records of vanished species. The work draws on themes of climate crisis, challenging literary norms as discussed by Amitav Ghosh.
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In a tribune for Le Monde, historian François-Xavier Petit argues that France's public discourse remains anchored in 1945, while the world has radically changed with the Anthropocene. He contends that the first defeat of this era is not climate change itself, but our inability to rethink a happy life beyond outdated modernization paradigms.