Abstract
Where the Anthropocene has become linked to an apocalyptic narrative, and where this narrative carries a widespread escapist belief that salvation will come from a supernatural elsewhere, Joanna Zylinska has a different take. The End of Man rethinks the prophecy of the end of humans, interrogating the rise in populism around the world and offering an ethical vision of a “feminist counterapocalypse,” which challenges many of the masculinist and technicist solutions to our planetary crises. The book is accompanied by a short photo-film, Exit Man, which ultimately asks: If unbridled progress is no longer an option, what kinds of coexistences and collaborations do we create in its aftermath?
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | University of Minnesota Press |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- apocalypse
- end of world
- posthumanism
- feminism
- theory-practice
- Anthropocene
- precarity
- ecological crisis
- environmentalism
