Mari Ruti and Climate Change: From Grief to Creativity

In this illuminating book, Clint Burnham invites the reader to consider humanity's relationship with the world around us, using a unique blend of Lacanian psychoanalysis, literary criticism, and visual art to hold a mirror up to our own implications in the mounting climate crisis.

Drawing upon the pioneering work of philosopher Mari Ruti, Burnham deftly interweaves examples from climate fiction – including works from Richard Power, Eleanor Catton, and Jenni Fagan – 'trash art', and classic f...