Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World

Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World

紐約客雜誌 New Yorker 的報導裡,稱所謂「悼念天氣(Climate Memoirs)」種類的書籍越來越多,像是 Daniel Sherrell 所著「溫暖:世界末日到來的象徵(暫譯)Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World」,將自身內省的思考融合知識,成為一種新的天氣認識論。

「溫暖」一書裡,運用日記體寫出個人經驗,比起故事,更像是給未來的信件,提供讀者自己想像的空間。的確,傳遞氣候暖化的確需要許多知識,不是每個人都能夠吸收得了這麼多,從看故事的角度理解氣候暖化現象可能是有效的辦法,像是:

One by one we get up to speak, talking honestly about our fear . . . One or two of us tear up and the tears are real, embarrassing though we will them not to be. But still it feels like we are staging a play, something we’ve rehearsed at length and are now acting out for an audience of reporters and security personnel.

讀者就能夠稍微感覺到氣候暖化,將上述的知識轉化成為認識(realization),悼念過去氣候尚未暖化的穩定環境,成為解除氣候暖化的動力。當理性與感性、主觀與客觀、論理與感情雙雙成為「回憶」之時,人類才能真正認知到活著與氣候暖化的關係,正是我們現在需要的。

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