Sommes-nous « insensibles » au ravage en cours?: De « l’écologie sensible » à la lutte contre les dispositifs de désensibilisation

Léna Silberzahn

doi:10.5840/symposium2022261/25

Sommes-nous « insensibles » au ravage en cours? De « l’écologie sensible » à la lutte contre les dispositifs de désensibilisation

Translated title of the contribution: Is Our Perception Failing Us? Promises and Pitfalls of Framing the Climate Crisis as a Crisis of Sensitivity

Léna Silberzahn^*

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A growing body of work approaches the current environmental devastation from the perspective of a “crisis of sensitivity”: our inability to care for the living around us is said to be a failure of perception and feeling. The article explores several versions of the narrative of modern insensitivity through a study of Günther Anders and Jane Bennett, highlighting the limitations of such approaches. I suggest the notion of a desensitization apparatus to specify and politicize the diagnosis of a “crisis of sensitivity”.

Translated title of the contribution	Is Our Perception Failing Us? Promises and Pitfalls of Framing the Climate Crisis as a Crisis of Sensitivity
Original language	French
Pages (from-to)	77-105
Number of pages	28
Journal	Symposium
Volume	26
Issue number	1/2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5840/symposium2022261/25
Publication status	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Sommes-nous « insensibles » au ravage en cours? De « l’écologie sensible » à la lutte contre les dispositifs de désensibilisation

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