ABSTRACT
This essay proposes a Tibet-situated ecocriticism. The central idea is that the unique ecosystem and cultural practices of Tibet can help reframe the ways in which we discuss the existential crises of the Anthropocene. Combining ethnographic observation on the impact of global warming, historical-philosophical examination of the scientific discourse, and cinematic analysis of desertscapes and its cyclical eschatology, this study attempts to envision a posthumanist path forward that is inspired by pre-humanist worldviews of Buddhism and Daoism.
