A hundred little pieces on the end of the world / John Rember.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rember, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Western--Forecasting.

Civilization, Western.

Physical Description:

xi, 174 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

100 little pieces on the end of the world

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2020.

Summary:

"A brilliantly written, deeply thoughtful, and even humorous book about a very dark topic. I hope civilization will last long enough for it to be published for all to enjoy and contemplate."-Paul R. Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb. Written with clarity, tenacity, humor, and warmth, A Hundred Little Pieces on the End of the World attempts to find tolerable ethical positions in the face of barely tolerable events-and the real possibility of an intolerable future. It is a compelling, surprising, disturbing, and highly literate work of reportage and contemplation. It is both a collection of gentle-spirited wisdom and a rumination on ruin, as if distilled in equal measure from the spirits of Norman MacLean's A River Runs Through It and Cormac McCarthy's The Road. Through these ten essays, each further broken into ten smaller pieces, Rember examines the practical and ethical dilemmas of climate change, population, resource depletion, and mass extinction. At the same time, he never forgets those improbable connections between human beings that lead to moments of joy, empathy, and grace"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Way We Live Now

A Few Rocks from the Box

When Darkness Casts a Hard and Pitiless Light

American History Backward

Vietnam as Simulacrum

Is Civilization Too Dumb to Live?

Eating with Peter Singer

Resort Life

The Unconscious and the Dead

The Way We Live Now, Again

Other Format:

Online version: Rember, John, Hundred little pieces on the end of the world

ISBN:

9780826361356

0826361358

OCLC:

1124773180