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Title:
Ideas to postpone the end of the world
Author:
Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
[Toronto] : Anansi International, 2020.
©2020
Physical Description:
73 pages ; 17 cm
ISBN:
9781487008512
Abstract:
Ailton Krenak argues that the current environmental crisis is rooted in modern society's flawed concept of 'humanity' -- that human beings are superior to any other form of nature and therefore justified to exploit it as we please. As a result, our entire civilization is built upon structures, organizations, and institutions that alienate us from the land, rivers, and trees, and that have forced the marginalization (and sometimes outright elimination) of any community that refuses to abide by these rules. Indigenous peoples throughout the Americas have already faced the end of the world many times before. Now, to stop our collective march towards the abyss, we must reject the homogenizing effect of our human-first perspective and embrace a new idea of 'dreaming,' one that allows us to regain our proper place within nature. Only then may we find new solutions to survive.
General Note:
Translation of: Ideias para adiar o fim do mundo.
Translated from the Portuguese.
Language:
English