A Premonition of an Immanent Apocalypse in Pinchbeck‘s 2012

Abstract

The research work "A Premonition of an Immanent Apocalypse in Pinchbeck 2012" explores humans' unnatural treatment of nature and its effects on ecological and human wellbeing. It examines the effects of advanced technology on ecological and human well-being through the ecocritical insights of Lawrence Buell and David W. Orr. It states the problems of why people depend on technology and how it affects their lives. Ill-treatment of nature generates ecological imbalance, and such ecological imbalance destroys both human well-being and natural well-being. Advanced technologies are neither eco-friendly nor beneficial to human wellbeing. Modern technology causes environmental degradation, climate change, and depletion of natural resources, that is why humans are compelled to search for alternative development methods. Thus, eco-friendly technology should replace advanced technology with the notion of sustainable development. The existing educational and developmental policies do not address environmental problems due to advanced technology, which may give birth to an imminent apocalypse on Earth. This study will be a milestone for educationists, architects, political leaders, and policymakers to rethink their strategic policies about development. This study is organized into four parts. The first part examines Human-Nature Relations in the selected American Narrative. The second part attempts to highlight the theoretical insights of Human Nature Mutuality in 2012, the third part analyzes the textual evidence with different ecocritical perspectives, and sustainable development and connectedness of human kinds with nature to mitigate environmental apocalypse have been discussed in the fourth chapter. Key Words: Technology, Ecology, Sustainable Development, Nature