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In the face of our pervasively nihilistic attitude towards the present polycrisis, Joyful Extinction proposes a radically hopeful perspective, arguing that futures are possible if we gladly embrace the extinction of damaging humanist ways of living.
Taking a posthumanist and material feminist approach to the social, political, economics and existential crises in which we are embroiled, Christine Daigle foregrounds the fundamental entanglement - material and subjective - of all beings. From the concept of the Anthropocene as post-apocalyptic discourse, to an examination of extinction, and an inquiry into the life/death continuum, these reflections on individual and collective death demonstrate the importance of 'storying' extinction. The result is the original concept of 'joyful extinction' – a vision of the acceptance of death that, nevertheless, doesn't see the end of the human species just yet. Daigle argues that as instances of life, humans have one last chance to dramatically change their course: only this will allow for futures to unfold, with a reworlding fuelled by hope.
As well as chapters on entanglement, extinction and the Anthropocene, the book contains a collection of 'meanderings' that take reflections and experiences from the author'ss own life to illustrate the theoretical perspectives discussed.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Entanglements
- Temporal Entanglements and Unfoldings
- Haunting
- Spatial Entanglements
- Place-thought/Thought-place
Chapter 2: Setting the -cene
- The Anthropocene as Scientific Concept
- The Anthropocene as Cultural and Philosophical Concept
- Welcome to the Apocalypse… or Not!
Chapter 3: Extinction
- The Enormity of Extinction
- To Live is to Die is to Live is to…
- “We” Are Not All in This Together
- Endlings and What They Teach Us
- Storying Extinction
- Joyful Extinction
Chapter 4: Posthumanist Future
- Reworlding
- Leaving “Humanity” Behind?
- Practices of Hope
- Preparing the Future
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | Mar 23 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 9781350625020 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 20 black & white images |
| Series | Theory in the New Humanities |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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