The democracy of suffering : life on the edge of catastrophe, philosophy in the Anthropocene / Todd Dufresne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dufresne, Todd, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Nature.

Reason.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 pages)

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019.

Summary:

In The Democracy of Suffering philosopher Todd Dufresne provides a strikingly original exploration of the past, present, and future of this epoch, the Anthropocene, demonstrating how the twin crises of reason and capital have dramatically remade the essential conditions for life itself. Images, cartoons, artworks, and "es pulled from literary and popular culture supplement this engaging and unorthodox look into where we stand amidst the ravages of climate change and capitalist economics. With humour, passion, and erudition, Dufresne diagnoses a frightening new reality and proposes a way forward, arguing that our serial experiences of catastrophic climate change herald an intellectual and moral awakening - one that lays the groundwork, albeit at the last possible moment, for a future beyond individualism, hate, and greed. That future is unapologetically collective. It begins with a shift in human consciousness, with philosophy in its broadest sense, and extends to a reengagement with our greatest ideals of economic, social, and political justice for all. But this collective future, Dufresne argues, is either now or never. Uncovering how we got into this mess and how, if at all, we get out of it, The Democracy of Suffering is a flicker of light, or perhaps a scream, in the face of human extinction and the end of civilization.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface, or What'S Love (of Wisdom) Got to Do with Climate Change?

The Past (Ca 1784–1968), Subjects of Reason

The Present (Ca 1968–2008), World as Object or the Anthropocene Condition

The Future (Ca 2008–2100), on the Democracy of Suffering

Conclusion

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780773559622

0773559620

9780773559615

0773559612

OCLC:

1101965013