The pleasures of pessimism / Natasha Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Natasha, author.

Series:

Re: CONSIDERING

Re: considering

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phenomenology--History.

Phenomenology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (35 pages)

Place of Publication:

Sydney, New South Wales : Acorn Press, [2020]

Summary:

Re:CONSIDERING invites you to look at what's familiar from an unfamiliar angle. To consider how we consider things - and how to do it better. Pandemic, supervolcano, late capitalism, transhumanism, populism, cancel culture, the post-antibiotic age, the gig economy, the surveillance state, the cascading effects of climate change ... Whatever the specifics, do you ever feel like things are going off the rails - or are just about to? If you've read the news, watched a zombie movie, or gotten into an argument on Twitter lately, the answer is probably yes. And you're not alone. What makes us such apocaholics? What's so appealing about Armageddon? What are the pleasures - and also the perils of our pessimism?

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

About the Centre for Public Christianity

About the Author

Contents

Introduction: Welcome to the Apocalypse

Cassandra vs Chicken Little

Part I: The Pleasures of Pessimism

It's in

It's thrilling

It's a measure of our desire for something better

Part 2: The Perils of Pessimism

Error: It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future

Ignorance: The prophets of progress

Polarisation: Our greatest safety

Apathy: All the running you can do

Conclusion: Statements of Faith

Notes.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-647-53076-7

OCLC:

1181841435