About the book
\"This path-breaking book by one of the sharpest minds in contemporary philosophy will live on for a very long time.\"
—Dany Nobus, author of Critique of Psychoanalytic Reason
Philosophy at the end of the world
On Extinction takes us on a breathtaking philosophical journey through desperate territory. As we face ‘the end of all things’, Ben Ware argues we must face our apocalyptic future without flinching. In fact, extinction is the very lens through which we should examine our current reality.
Radical politics today should not be concerned with merely averting the worst but rather with beginning again at the end. To think about the future in this way is itself a form of liberation that might incubate the necessary radical solutions we need.
Combining lessons from Kant, Hegel, Adorno, and Lacan, as well as drawing on popular culture and ecology, Ware recasts the most urgent issue of our times and resolves that we can only consider our collective end by treating it as a starting point.
Editions of On Extinction
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- ISBN 9781788739993
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\"This path-breaking book by one of the sharpest minds in contemporary philosophy will live on for a very long time.\"
—Dany Nobus, author of Critique of Psychoanalytic Reason
Philosophy at the end of the world
On Extinction takes us on a breathtaking philosophical journey through desperate territory. As we face ‘the end of all things’, Ben Ware argues we must face our apocalyptic future without flinching. In fact, extinction is the very lens through which we should examine our current reality.
Radical politics today should not be concerned with merely averting the worst but rather with beginning again at the end. To think about the future in this way is itself a form of liberation that might incubate the necessary radical solutions we need.
Combining lessons from Kant, Hegel, Adorno, and Lacan, as well as drawing on popular culture and ecology, Ware recasts the most urgent issue of our times and resolves that we can only consider our collective end by treating it as a starting point.
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What is On Extinction about?
\"This path-breaking book by one of the sharpest minds in contemporary philosophy will live on for a very long time.\"
—Dany Nobus, author of Critique of Psychoanalytic Reason
Philosophy at the end of the world
On Extinction takes us on a breathtaking philosophical journey through desperate territory. As we face ‘the end of all things’, Ben Ware argues we must face our apocalyptic future without flinching. In fact, extinction is the very lens through which we should examine our current reality.
Radical politics today should not be concerned with merely averting the worst but rather with beginning again at the end. To think about the future in this way is itself a form of liberation that might incubate the necessary radical solutions we need.
Combining lessons from Kant, Hegel, Adorno, and Lacan, as well as drawing on popular culture and ecology, Ware recasts the most urgent issue of our times and resolves that we can only consider our collective end by treating it as a starting point.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in On Extinction?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Social and ethical issues > Social forecasting, future studies
Where can I read a sample of On Extinction?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781788739993
Who is/are the Author/s of the book On Extinction?
Ben Ware
Who is the Publisher of the book On Extinction?
Verso Books
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On Extinction is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781788739993)
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