This paper explores the potential of ‘new nature writing’ – a literary genre currently popular in the UK – as a kind of arts activism, in particular, how it might engage with the environmental crisis and lead to a kind of collective politics. We note the limitations of the genre, notably the reproduction of class, gender and ethnic hierarchies, the emphasis on nostalgia and loss, and the stress on individual responses rather than collective politics. But we also take seriously the claims of art to enable us to imagine other futures, suggesting that new nature writing has the potential to play a role in collective forms of environmental justice and capabilities.

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发挥想象力：“新自然写作”、集体政治和环境危机

本文探讨了“新自然写作”——一种目前在英国流行的文学体裁——作为一种艺术激进主义的潜力，特别是它如何应对环境危机并导致一种集体政治。我们注意到该类型的局限性，特别是阶级、性别和种族等级的再生产，对怀旧和失落的强调，以及对个人反应而非集体政治的强调。但我们也认真对待艺术的主张，使我们能够想象其他未来，这表明新自然写作有可能在环境正义和能力的集体形式中发挥作用。