This article explores the intricate interplay among humanity, the capitalist system, and the environment within the framework of climate fiction (cli-fi) in Amirkhani’s Rahesh (2017) from the perspective of left thinkers. Deploying a descriptive-analytic method and drawing on the theoretical perspectives of critics such as David Harvey and Donna Haraway and notions such sympoiesis as “sympoiesis," "kin-making," and " co-becoming," the writer tries to discuss whether environmental problems are purely ecological in nature or not. It is argued that environmental degradation, rather than being primarily an anthropocentric phenomenon, is a product of the Capitalocene and the capitalist system. In other words, although phenomena such as global warming, air pollution, and biodiversity loss may appear to be the result of anthropocentrism and the entrenched human/nonhuman binary, they are, in fact, symptomatic of a capitalist order that relentlessly exploits both human activity and natural resources, regardless of ecological consequences. Accordingly, the only viable path out of environmental crises lies in rejecting anthropocentrism and reconfiguring humanity’s relationship with the natural world. This reconfiguration or Chthulucene requires an embrace of the principles of coexistence and sympoiesis between humans and the more-than-human world.
Taheri,Z . (2026). The Confrontation of Anthropocene and Chthulucene in Amirkhani’s Rahesh. (e4213). Interdisciplinary Studies of Literature, Arts and Humanities, (), e4213 doi: 10.22077/islah.2026.10412.1791
MLA
Taheri,Z . "The Confrontation of Anthropocene and Chthulucene in Amirkhani’s Rahesh" .e4213 , Interdisciplinary Studies of Literature, Arts and Humanities, , , 2026, e4213. doi: 10.22077/islah.2026.10412.1791
HARVARD
Taheri Z. (2026). 'The Confrontation of Anthropocene and Chthulucene in Amirkhani’s Rahesh', Interdisciplinary Studies of Literature, Arts and Humanities, (), e4213. doi: 10.22077/islah.2026.10412.1791
CHICAGO
Z Taheri, "The Confrontation of Anthropocene and Chthulucene in Amirkhani’s Rahesh," Interdisciplinary Studies of Literature, Arts and Humanities, (2026): e4213, doi: 10.22077/islah.2026.10412.1791
VANCOUVER
Taheri Z. The Confrontation of Anthropocene and Chthulucene in Amirkhani’s Rahesh. Interdisciplinary Studies of Literature, Arts and Humanities. 2026;():e4213 (In Persian). doi: 10.22077/islah.2026.10412.1791
