Politics of Nature and Angels in Angels in America

This paper examines the concurrent challenges of the pandemic, climate change, and ecological crisis, highlighting the failure of human politics. It argues that human actions―exploitation, exclusion, and destruction―toward themselves, others, objects, and nature, are collectively driving us toward catastrophe. Consequently, environmental issues are now critical to the right to live in the global community and cannot be delayed any further. The issues addressed in Angels in America mirror our current global situation. This work uses the symbolism of angels and the AIDS plague to signal the earth’s crisis and a state of ‘stasis.’ The ecological crisis stems from politics that exclude non-human entities. Bruno Latour contends that the realm of political subjects should be expanded to include objects and nature. This study argues that modern thinking is the primary cause of the current crisis and suggests adopting a new approach for co-prosperity by integrating Actor-Network Theory and Object-Oriented Ontology. (Ulsan College)