On the precipice of the Sixth Extinction, we face a frightening
fate—ongoing ecological crises that may result in not only the
extinction of a million species within decades but another mass
extinction event like the one that wiped out the dinosaurs. In
Kairotic Inspiration: Imagining the Future in the Sixth Extinction,
Sarah Allen suggests that humans face this future, whatever it brings,
by attending to the ways in which all beings are caught in the
entangled processes of becoming. But change is often painful and
requires inspiration. Allen explores a theory that shifts the concept
of inspiration away from the unique genius of the individual and
instead situates it within conceptual, human and nonhuman animal
relations that can disrupt the state of being. To expand the
understanding of change beyond the polarized binary that defines
difference, the author builds on Nietzsche’s conceptualization of
the Dionysian, which explains how the self is unmade through immersive
experiences. This unmaking creates room for a different experience of
becoming, one which Donna Haraway calls “becoming-with” and
“producing-with.” In the end, Allen demonstrates how deepening
kairotic connections can transform us as beings, thrusting us further
into the processes of becoming and embracing the change that is
possible in this living, changing, endangered world.
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Imagining the Future in the Sixth Extinction
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ISBN
9780822989257
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
University of Pittsburgh Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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