Ideas to Postpone the End of the World

by Ailton Krenak

Anthony Doyle (Translator)

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“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. 

  • ISBN10 1487008511
  • ISBN13 9781487008512
  • Publish Date 19 November 2020
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country CA
  • Imprint House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 88
  • Language English