So too, however, Jamieson and Nadzam are careful to attend to the affective qualities of life after environmental collapse—familial “love” as we see in “Fly-Fishing,” or forms of human and nonhuman intimacy as we see in “Zoo” or “Holiday.” Why take such a perspective? consider “love in the Anthropocene” in any form you choose and in any of the five stories.

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1) Read Ashley Dawson, “Disaster Communism” (attached below)

2) Read Dale Jamieson & Bonnie Nadzam, Love in the Anthropocene (attached below)

3) Order instructions: The stories collected in Love in the Anthropocene present a series of possible futures, all of which figure an image of “nature” that is radically transformed due to anthropogenic climate change.

So too, however, Jamieson and Nadzam are careful to attend to the affective qualities of life after environmental collapse—familial “love” as we see in “Fly-Fishing,” or forms of human and nonhuman intimacy as we see in “Zoo” or “Holiday.” Why take such a perspective? consider “love in the Anthropocene” in any form you choose and in any of the five stories.

You may also want to consider Ashley Dawson’s argument here regarding the way(s) in which human beings are hardwired for collectivism and for helping one another and not, as many detractors would argue, for greed and selfishness.