Simon C. Estok
Simon C. Estok is a Professor[1] at Sungkyunkwan University[2] in Seoul, South Korea. He is widely recognized as having expanded the definition of the term "ecophobia" from its usage in psychology to a broader set of applications in the Environmental Humanities.[3] Taking the September 18, 1988 definition George F. Will offered in a Chicago Sun-Times article entitled "The Politics of Ecophobia" as "the fear that the planet is increasingly inhospitable," Estok offers a more expansive set of definitions in The Ecophobia Hypothesis.[4] Estok's current work on "Ecophobia and Covid-19"[5] explores how pandemics are environmental events that are or can be a direct result of our dietary habits.
Development of the Concept of "Ecophobia"
Estok holds a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Alberta, awarded in 1996. He is best known for developing the concept of "ecophobia" in his influential 2009 essay "Theorizing in a Space of Ambivalent Openness: Ecocriticism and Ecophobia," published in ISLE, the flagship journal of ecocriticism in the U.S.
Research and publications
Estok's co-edited book "East Asian Ecocriticism" (2013) features 12 original essays exploring East Asian perspectives on ecocriticism and argues for a broader consideration of non-Western voices in the field.
He has authored the award-winning "Ecocriticism and Shakespeare: Reading Ecophobia" (2011, reprinted 2014). The book situates Shakespeare's plays in the context of ecocriticism and environmental issues. It was shortlisted for the Shakespeare's Globe First Book Award in 2012 and won the "Writing in the Humanities Book Award" from the National Research Foundation in Korea in 2011.
Estok’s latest book, "The Ecophobia Hypothesis" (2018, reprinted 2020), has been translated into Turkish and is being translated into Chinese and Korean.
Estok's ongoing research, "Ecophobia and COVID-19," examines the environmental aspects of pandemics as related to human dietary habits. He is also working on a book about slime in the Western cultural and literary imagination.
Estok has co-edited several other influential works, including "Landscape, Seascape, and the Eco-Spatial Imagination" (2016), "International Perspectives in Feminist Ecocriticism" (2013), and "East Asian Ecocriticisms" (2013). Estok's research has been extensively published in journals such as PMLA, Mosaic, Configurations, and English Studies in Canada.
He is the editor of Neohelicon, an A&HCI journal, and an elected member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He received the Shanghai Metropolitan Government "Oriental Scholar" Award (2015–2018) and was a resident at the Research Center for Comparative Literature and World Literatures at Shanghai Normal University.
Bibliography
- Ecocriticism and Shakespeare: Reading Ecophobia (2011)
- The Ecophobia Hypothesis (2018, reprinted 2020)
- Landscape, Seascape, and the Ecocritical Imagination (2016)
- International Perspectives in Feminist Ecocriticism (2013)
- East Asian Ecocriticisms (2013)
References
- ↑ "문과대학 ( 영문 ) | About the College | Faculty | English Language and Literature". liberalarts.skku.edu.
- ↑ "Sungkyunkwan University". 성균관대학교, SKKU, 성균관대, 성대, Sungkyunkwan University.
- ↑ "Reading Latour Outside: A Response to the Estok-Robisch Controversy". researchgate.net. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ↑ "The Ecophobia Hypothesis". Routledge & CRC Press. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Estok, Simon C. (2021). "Ecophobia and Covid-19" (PDF). International Journal of Fear Studies. 3 (2): 90–99.
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