Review of Eco-Critical Books by T.J. Demos and Jens Andermann

Adriana Michéle Campos Johnson published a review on March 25, 2020, analyzing recent books by T.J. Demos and Jens Andermann. Demos authored 'Decolonizing Nature: Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology' (2016) and 'Against the Anthropocene: Visual Culture and Environment Today' (2017), while Andermann wrote 'Tierras en trance: Arte y naturaleza después del paisaje' (2018). Both authors contribute to eco-criticism, linking environmental crises to their respective fields: Demos focuses on art criticism and visual culture, and Andermann on Latin American literary and cultural studies. They examine perceptual habits shaped by capitalist modernity, such as landscape concepts, and explore how artistic practices might transform these. Demos surveys global efforts to address ecological concerns and decolonize nature, whereas Andermann delves into twentieth-century Latin American archives to trace a local genealogy of ecological and political thought that foreshadows current global crises. Their work converges in contemporary Latin American activist art, which has gained international recognition. The review highlights both overlaps and disjunctures between their projects, stemming from different knowledge formations, archives, and languages. The content is available via MIT Press under a subscription-only model.