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The ends of the world

Déborah Danowski and Eduardo Viveiros de Castro ; translated by Rodrigo Nunes

Polity, c2017

  • : pb
  • : hardback

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Há mundo por vir? : ensaio sobre os medos e os fins

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Originally published in Portuguese, c2014, under the title: Há mundo por vir? : ensaio sobre os medos e os fins

Includes bibliographical references (p. [152]-168) and index

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Volume

: hardback ISBN 9781509503971

Description

The end of the world is a seemingly interminable topic D 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 Deborah 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 D 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.

Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Prefatory Note Chapter 1 What rough beastE Chapter 2 EIts hour come round at lastE Chapter 3 E Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? Chapter 4 The outside without thought, or the death of the Other Chapter 5 Alone at last Chapter 6 A world of people Chapter 7 Humans and Terrans in the Gaia War Conclusion: World on the brink Notes Bibliography
Volume

: pb ISBN 9781509503988

Description

The end of the world is a seemingly interminable topic D 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 Deborah 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 D 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.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Bruno Latour vii Prefatory note x Acknowledgments xiii 1 What rough beast ... 1 2 ... Its hour come round at last ... 8 3 ... Slouches toward bethlehem to be born? 23 4 The outside without thought, or the death of the other 28 5 Alone at last 41 6 A world of people 61 7 Humans and terrans in the Gaia War 79 Conclusion: World on the brink 109 Notes 124 Bibliography 152 Index 169

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