1st Edition
Film and the Natural History of Destruction Walter Benjamin for the Anthropocene
By Alan Wright
Copyright 2026
206 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
206 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Film and the Natural History of Destruction explores the interface between film, memory and ecological thought. It addresses several areas of crucial importance for contemporary film and media studies: biopolitics and ecological catastrophe, cultural memory and film in the Anthropocene, media archaeology and the environmental humanities and, of course, the abiding relevance of Walter... Read more
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Natural History and the Anthropocene
1. Found Footage Film and the Archive
2. Cinema as a Mortuary Art
3. Scenes from Creaturely Life
4. Film as a Radioactive Medium
5. Memory Ecology
6. Flaschenpost
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Alan Wright teaches Cinema Studies at the University of Canterbury, Ōtautahi Christchurch, New Zealand. He published Film on the Faultline (2015) after the earthquakes in the city. His research interests include the essay film, time, cultural memory and historical trauma in film.
