ABSTRACT
This chapter further illuminates the terms cosmos and cosmology as they relate to the Anthropocene, Ecocriticism and the Environmental Humanities. I argue that the Anthropocene could be called a ‘negative cosmology’ because it presents a decline-narrative that maps the harm done to the biosphere, rather than supporting the fact that sustainable human cultures and practices do and can exist. I then outline critically important cosmological thought in the sciences and humanities pertaining to chaos, order, politics and scale. The chapter ends by showing the genesis of a ‘literary cosmology.’
