A Philosophy of Climate Apocalypticism

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A Philosophy of Climate Apocalypticism is written by Jakub Kowalewski and published by Taylor & Francis. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1040359817 (ISBN 10) and 9781040359815 (ISBN 13).

This book offers a long-overdue analysis of the ubiquity of eco-apocalypticism in current discourses on the climate crisis. Drawing on a wide range of sources and theoretical traditions from ecological works and radical pamphlets, through political theology and continental philosophy to ancient and medieval apocalypses, the book sheds a comprehensive light on the concepts, processes, and experiences which circulate around the figure of the environmental end of the world. Importantly, this book argues that apocalypticism can provide a productive philosophical framework for addressing the climate catastrophe, enabling us to propose a distinctive answer to the fundamental question which haunts progressive ecological projects: how can we defend the world we find indefensible? Appealing to students, academics, and researchers in philosophy, political theology, and environmental humanities, this book is a timely intervention which hopes to demonstrate that, when all else fails, it is the end of the world which may save the planet.