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- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright
- © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
- ISBN
- 978-3-030-56254-0
- Pages
- 89 –109
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-56255-7_4
- Publisher site
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Abstract
[This chapter focuses on the communist renderings of nature in both popular culture and art. It begins with an exploratory survey on those instances where nature is represented as hypostatizations of “green patriotism” and “autochthonous nature.” In this vein, the representations of nature had less to do with natural life as such but rather with an ideologization of what the natural environment was supposed to entail. The chapter contrasts this official approach with several instances of religion-inspired art from the 1970s to the 1990s the main concern of which was to re-establish the archetypal bond between nature and human beings. Unlike the artists who dealt with “mere nature” or “national nature,” for Neo-Orthodox artists, nature is not only “natural” but impregnated with God’s presence.]
Published: Oct 23, 2020
Keywords: Autochthonous nature in communism; Green patriotism; Ideologization of nature; Ecology of faith; Ecopoetic love; Sanctified nature