Description: Channeling the creative potential of humanity to transition towards joyous and just futures in times of life-threatening climate change, this book uses metaphors of magic and shapeshifting to imagine livable futures achievable through other-than-rational means.
Brief description: Sofia Ahlberg is Vice Dean at the Faculty of Languages at Uppsala University, Sweden.
Review Quotes:
"During a time when the climate crisis calls for new ways of thinking and acting, Ahlberg's work provides a framework necessary for nurturing resilience and imagination. Weaving together viewpoints from literature, pedagogy, and environmental activism, she offers a roadmap through which readers can navigate the challenges of an uncertain future." --Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association
"Magic, Literature and Climate Pedagogy in a Time of Ecological Crisis draws on diverse scholarly sources and an unusually wide collection of representative works of fiction in English, providing appeal for scholars and readers from different disciplines and with different interests." --British Society for Literature and Science