"We Cooperate, or We Die": Sustainable Coexistence in Terry Pratchett's "The Amazing Maurice" and "His Educated Rodents"

Autor/in	Oziewicz, Marek
Titel	"We Cooperate, or We Die": Sustainable Coexistence in Terry Pratchett's "The Amazing Maurice" and "His Educated Rodents"
Quelle	In: Children's Literature in Education, 40 (2009) 2, S.85-94 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0045-6713
DOI	10.1007/s10583-008-9079-3
Schlagwörter	Childrens Literature; Sustainable Development; Cooperation; Interpersonal Relationship; Ecology; Environmental Education; Social Values; Moral Values; Fantasy; Science Fiction; Adolescent Literature + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Co-operation; Kooperation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ökologie; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Sozialer Wert; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Fantasie; Adolescent; Adolescents; Literature; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; literatur
Abstract	This article examines Terry Pratchett's "The Amazing Maurice" as a modern example of environmentally informed social dreaming about sustainable coexistence. In our increasingly ecologically-conscious world sustainability and coexistence have become key words in the discourse about social, economic and political relations. The problem of relating to what lies beyond the human, however, remains a challenge. This article argues that this problem is central to Pratchett's novel, making it a serious commentary on ecoliteracy and ecodesign. "The Amazing Maurice", it is claimed, is a work with a transformative purpose. It suggests that cooperation and coexistence are workable beyond what we assume to be their limits. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10