Apocalyptic Rhetoric

Overview: Apocalyptic rhetoric has been used by environmentalists to bring the urgency and severity of environmental problems to the public's attention. The term "apocalyptic" has come to refer to the threat to human survival through large-scale destruction. Apocalyptic rhetoric implies a need for radical change in that it attacks the master narrative of "progress" (righteousness or good notation)

Rachel Carson is known to be the writer that was the most successful of all environmental prophets of apocalypse. She succeeded in being apart of the change in using pesticides. Her book Silent Spring recieved many controversial opinions in her explanation in the effects of agricultural chemicals.

References:

• McDonel, Madeline. “South Texas Stories.” Silent Spring and the Modern Environmental Movement · South Texas Stories · Bell Library Exhibits, www.tamucc.edu/library/exhibits/s/sts/page/silent-spring#:~:text=In%20the%20early%201970s%2C%20the,the%20dangers%20of%20using%20pesticides.

• “Rachel Carson.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 23 Sept. 2023, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Carson.

• “Silent Spring.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 25 July 2023, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring.