Dark Mountain Manifesto

The “Uncivilization: The Dark Mountain Manifesto” is an invitational writing to appeal environmentally concerned people, especially those with creative minds – painters, poets, writers, playwrights – to join a movement search of finding alternative environmental quest. The manifesto was published at a time, when contemporary environmentalism movement lost itself under the pressure of capitalist socio-economic order of human society, which is moving towards a colossal natural disaster due to rapid exploitation of the earth. The authors – Paul Kingsnorth and Dougald Hine made this appeal the creative artists, who have similar feelings and passion to protect the cause of environment led to join the artistic movement against the 21st century ‘consumer-capitalism’ led ecocide (Manifesto, 2009, p. 9). They observe, present human civilization and its leaders and participants are leading the earth towards environmental catastrophe through the senseless desire for growth and prosperity, which is encouraged by the myths about human ability success stories of conquering the nature. The worldwide drive by the human civilization to conquer the nature …show more content…
255). Because of the absence of hubris and an approach of new form of humility in the manifesto, the authors have successfully motivated a group of followers to join their movement. The economy oriented social force and their nemesis environmentalist adopted the approach of hubris in their effort to undermine the effect of environmental disaster. In contrast Kingsnorth and Hine adopted a form of truth and humility – submission to the nature. They have embraced the unavoidable events, and calling for new “uncivilized” approaches accept post catastrophic civilization