Ideas to Postpone the End of the World
Ailton Krenak
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Publisher:
House of Anansi Press Inc
House of Anansi Press Inc
DRM:
Open - No Protection
Open - No Protection
Publication Year:
2020
2020
ISBN-13:
9781487008536
Description:
<p><strong>“Ailton Krenak’s ideas inspire, washing over you with every truth-telling sentence. Read this book.” — Tanya Talaga, bestselling author of <em>Seven Fallen Feathers</em></strong></p>
<p>Indigenous peoples have faced the end of the world before. Now, humankind is on a collective march towards the abyss. Global pandemics, extreme weather, and massive wildfires define this era many now call the Anthropocene.</p>
<p>From Brazil comes Ailton Krenak, renowned Indigenous activist and leader, who demonstrates that our current environmental crisis is rooted in society’s flawed concept of “humanity” — that human beings are superior to other forms of nature and are justified in exploiting it as we please.</p>
<p>To stop environmental disaster, Krenak argues that we must reject the homogenizing effect of this perspective and embrace a new form of “dreaming” that allows us to regain our place within nature. In <em>Ideas to Postpone the End of the World</em>, he shows us the way. </p>
<p>Indigenous peoples have faced the end of the world before. Now, humankind is on a collective march towards the abyss. Global pandemics, extreme weather, and massive wildfires define this era many now call the Anthropocene.</p>
<p>From Brazil comes Ailton Krenak, renowned Indigenous activist and leader, who demonstrates that our current environmental crisis is rooted in society’s flawed concept of “humanity” — that human beings are superior to other forms of nature and are justified in exploiting it as we please.</p>
<p>To stop environmental disaster, Krenak argues that we must reject the homogenizing effect of this perspective and embrace a new form of “dreaming” that allows us to regain our place within nature. In <em>Ideas to Postpone the End of the World</em>, he shows us the way. </p>
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