On extinction : beginning again at the end /
On Extinction takes us on a breathtaking philosophical journey through desperate territory. As we face 'the end of all things,' Ben Ware argues we must face our apocalyptic future without flinching. In fact, extinction is the very lens through which we should examine our current reality. R...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; Brooklyn, New York :
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2024.
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| Summary: | On Extinction takes us on a breathtaking philosophical journey through desperate territory. As we face 'the end of all things,' Ben Ware argues we must face our apocalyptic future without flinching. In fact, extinction is the very lens through which we should examine our current reality. Radical politics today should not be concerned with merely averting the worst but rather with beginning again at the end. To think about the future in this way is itself a form of liberation that might incubate the necessary radical solutions we need. Combining lessons from Kant, Hegel, Adorno and Lacan, as well as drawing on popular culture and ecology, Ware recasts the most urgent issue of our times and resolves that we can only consider our collective end by treating it as a starting point. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 180 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 178873999X 9781788739993 |