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Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
630 kr
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The end of the world is a seemingly interminable topic Ð at least, of course, until it happens. Environmental catastrophe and planetary apocalypse are subjects of enduring fascination and, as ethnographic studies show, human cultures have approached them in very different ways. Indeed, in the face of the growing perception of the dire effects of global warming, some of these visions have been given a new lease on life. Information and analyses concerning the human causes and the catastrophic consequences of the planetary ‘crisis’ have been accumulating at an ever-increasing rate, mobilising popular opinion as well as academic reflection.In this book, philosopher Déborah Danowski and anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro offer a bold overview and interpretation of these current discourses on ‘the end of the world’, reading them as thought experiments on the decline of the West’s anthropological adventure Ð that is, as attempts, though not necessarily intentional ones, at inventing a mythology that is adequate to the present. This work has important implications for the future development of ecological practices and it will appeal to a broad audience interested in contemporary anthropology, philosophy, and environmentalism.
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
240 kr
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The end of the world is a seemingly interminable topic Ð at least, of course, until it happens. Environmental catastrophe and planetary apocalypse are subjects of enduring fascination and, as ethnographic studies show, human cultures have approached them in very different ways. Indeed, in the face of the growing perception of the dire effects of global warming, some of these visions have been given a new lease on life. Information and analyses concerning the human causes and the catastrophic consequences of the planetary ‘crisis’ have been accumulating at an ever-increasing rate, mobilising popular opinion as well as academic reflection.In this book, philosopher Déborah Danowski and anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro offer a bold overview and interpretation of these current discourses on ‘the end of the world’, reading them as thought experiments on the decline of the West’s anthropological adventure Ð that is, as attempts, though not necessarily intentional ones, at inventing a mythology that is adequate to the present. This work has important implications for the future development of ecological practices and it will appeal to a broad audience interested in contemporary anthropology, philosophy, and environmentalism.
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Tyska, 2019238 kr
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Die Vorstellungen vom Ende der Welt sind so vielfältig und zahlreich wie ihre Kulturen. Von der Sintflut über nukleare Katastrophen bis zur Vernichtung der Menschheit durch ein Supervirus reichen die Fantasien, die nicht nur die Science-Fiction durchziehen, sondern auch ganze Philosophien und Religionen begründen. Die Philosophin Deborah Danowski und der Ethnologe Eduardo Viveiros de Castro beleuchten in diesem Buch die wichtigsten und verbreitetsten Variationen des Themas vom Ende der Welt vor dem Hintergrund der globalen Umweltkrisen im Anthropozän. Die gegenwärtigen Katastrophenszenarien sind zumeist auch Gedankenexperimente über den drohenden Niedergang der westlichen Zivilisation. Es wird klar: Das Ende der Welt muss nicht gleich das Ende aller Zeiten bedeuten. In diesem in viele Sprachen übersetzten Essay ziehen die beiden Autoren eine Bilanz aus den Enden der Welt, um aus ihnen weitreichende philosophische, ökologische und anthropologische Schlussfolgerungen für die politische Praxis zu schöpfen. Ein wichtiges Buch für unsere Zeit, ein Buch, das Hoffnung macht.