Why Climate Breakdown Matters (Why Philosophy Matters) - Softcover

Read, Rupert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1350212016 ISBN 13: 9781350212015

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

Synopsis

Climate change and the destruction of the earth is the most urgent issue of our time. We are hurtling towards the end of civilisation as we know it. With an unflinching honest approach, Rupert Read asks us to face up to the fate of the planet. This is a book for anyone who wants their philosophy to deal with reality and their climate concern to be more than a displacement activity.

As people come together to mourn the loss of the planet, we have the opportunity to create a grounded, hopeful response. This meaningful hopefulness looks to the new communities created around climate activism. Together, our collective mourning enables us to become human in ways previously unknown.

Why Climate Breakdown Matters is a practical guide on how to be a radical, responsible climate activist.

About this title

About the Authors

Rupert Read is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, UK. He is a former spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion collective, an environmental activist and a former Green Party councillor. His most recent books include Extinction Rebellion: Insights from the Inside (with Samuel Alexander) (2020), This Civilisation is Finished: Conversations on the end of Empire - and what lies beyond (2019) and A film-philosophy of ecology and enlightenment (2018).

Constantine Sandis is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, Founding Director of Lex Academic, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Evgenia Mylonaki is Assistant Professor of Practical Philosophy at the Philosophy Department of the University of Patras, Greece.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350212016
• ISBN 13: 9781350212015
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232