Ideas to Postpone the End of the World

SKU: 9781487008512

Author:
Ailton Krenak
Series:
International Indigenous Collection
Grade Levels:
Twelve, Adult Education, College, University
Book Type:
Paperback
Pages:
88
Publisher:
House of Anansi Press
Series:
International Indigenous Collection
Copyright Date:
2020

Price:
Sale price$16.95

Description

By author Ailton Krenak and translated by Anthony Doyle. Ailton Krenak was born in Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the Krenak homelands along the Doce River Valley, a region where mining operations have severely affected the ecology.

“Ailton Krenak’s ideas inspire, washing over you with every truth-telling sentence. Read this book.” — Tanya Talaga, bestselling author of Seven Fallen Feathers

Indigenous peoples have faced the end of the world before. Now, humankind is on a collective march towards the abyss. Global pandemics, extreme weather, and massive wildfires define this era many now call the Anthropocene.

From Brazil comes Ailton Krenak, renowned Indigenous activist and leader, who demonstrates that our current environmental crisis is rooted in society’s flawed concept of “humanity” — that human beings are superior to other forms of nature and are justified in exploiting it as we please.

To stop environmental disaster, Krenak argues that we must reject the homogenizing effect of this perspective and embrace a new form of “dreaming” that allows us to regain our place within nature. In Ideas to Postpone the End of the World, he shows us the way. This book is part of the International Indigenous Collection.

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