The Giant and the Child. The Apocalypse between imaginaries and iconoclasm. Donald Trump's and Greta Thunberg's perspectives on the climate apocalypse seem to symbolize the conflict between two antithetical forms of imaginary, delineating a contraposition between capitalist hypersubjects and hyposubjects of the new ecological class. Young activists act through a particular form of iconoclasm, metaphorically destroying the symbols of neoliberalism. In this way, they oppose a more serious form of devastation, that of the planet. Two forms of Hyperstition emerge from such guerrilla warfare for imaginary: that of unconditional trust in the manipulative abilities of the human species with a view to its endless empowerment, and that which sees such manipulation as an instrument of the sphere of cure. Finally, the risk of a strategic use of the apocalyptic emergency arises, with the hypersubjects appropriating the language of the hyposubjects, allowing the neoliberal logic to survive by simply adapting to the crisis.

(2023). Il Gigante e la Bambina. L’Apocalisse tra immaginari e iconoclastia [journal article - articolo]. In IM@GO. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/275415

Il Gigante e la Bambina. L’Apocalisse tra immaginari e iconoclastia

Arcuri, Fabrizio
2023-01-01

Abstract

The Giant and the Child. The Apocalypse between imaginaries and iconoclasm. Donald Trump's and Greta Thunberg's perspectives on the climate apocalypse seem to symbolize the conflict between two antithetical forms of imaginary, delineating a contraposition between capitalist hypersubjects and hyposubjects of the new ecological class. Young activists act through a particular form of iconoclasm, metaphorically destroying the symbols of neoliberalism. In this way, they oppose a more serious form of devastation, that of the planet. Two forms of Hyperstition emerge from such guerrilla warfare for imaginary: that of unconditional trust in the manipulative abilities of the human species with a view to its endless empowerment, and that which sees such manipulation as an instrument of the sphere of cure. Finally, the risk of a strategic use of the apocalyptic emergency arises, with the hypersubjects appropriating the language of the hyposubjects, allowing the neoliberal logic to survive by simply adapting to the crisis.
articolo
2023
Arcuri, Fabrizio
(2023). Il Gigante e la Bambina. L’Apocalisse tra immaginari e iconoclastia [journal article - articolo]. In IM@GO. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/275415
File allegato/i alla scheda:
File Dimensione del file Formato  
4060-14615-2-PB.pdf

accesso aperto

Descrizione: Il Gigante e la Bambina - Fabrizio Arcuri
Versione: publisher's version - versione editoriale
Licenza: Creative commons
Dimensione del file 6.29 MB
Formato Adobe PDF
6.29 MB Adobe PDF Visualizza/Apri
Pubblicazioni consigliate

Aisberg ©2008 Servizi bibliotecari, Università degli studi di Bergamo | Terms of use/Condizioni di utilizzo

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/10446/275415
Citazioni
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact