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How everything can collapse : a manual for our times / Pablo Servigne and Raphaël Stevens ; translated by Andrew Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Servigne, Pablo, author.
- Stevens, Raphaël, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Comment tout peut s'effondrer. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Regression (Civilization).
- Crises (Philosophy).
- Climatic changes--Effect of human beings on.
- Climatic changes.
- Global environmental change--Forecasting.
- Global environmental change.
- Forecasting.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 223 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, [2020]
- Summary:
- "A brave book that confronts directly the very real possibility that our civilization will collapse"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Preface / by Jem Bendell
- Introduction: We'll definitely need to tackle the subject one of these days...
- The accelerating vehicle
- When the engine dies (limits that cannot be crossed)
- Leaving the road (boundaries that can be crossed)
- Is the steering locked?
- Trapped in an ever more fragile vehicle
- The difficulties of being a futurologist
- Can we detect warning signs?
- What do the mathematical models say?
- A mosaic to explore
- And where do human beings fit into all this?
- Conclusion: Hunger is only the beginning
- Postface / by Yves Cochet.
- Notes:
- "First published in French as Comment tout peut s'effondrer: Petit manuel de collapsologie à l'usage des générations présentes © Éditions du Seuil, 2015."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Servigne, Pablo. Comment tout peut s'effondrer. English How everything can collapse.
- ISBN:
- 9781509541386
- 1509541381
- 9781509541393
- 150954139X
- OCLC:
- 1137181856
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