{"product_id":"after-the-apocalypse-hardback-9781509540075","title":"After the Apocalypse (Hardback) 9781509540075","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAfter the Apocalypse\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSrećko Horvat (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509540075, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 February 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e180 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.2 x 2 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Moneymen think of wars, earthquakes and pandemics as opportunities for exorbitant profiteering. Srećko Horvat, a personal hero of mine, has detected their new predilection: commodification of the Apocalypse, which they fear less than they do the end of capitalism.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYanis Varoufakis, author of \u003ci\u003eAnother Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Srećko Horvat plays with the idea of Apocalypse in such a way that our sense of the end of times is transformed and becomes manageable. He takes the ball from great minds of the past and scores a goal for those who are certain that humanity can do better than this.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEce Temelkuran, author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Lose a Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this post-apocalyptic rollercoaster ride, philosopher Srećko Horvat invites us to explore the Apocalypse in terms of ‘revelation’ (rather than as the ‘end’ itself). He argues that the only way to prevent the end – i.e., extinction – is to engage in a close reading of various interconnected threats, such as climate crisis, the nuclear age and the ongoing pandemic. Drawing on the work of neglected philosopher Günther Anders, this book outlines a philosophical approach to deal with what Horvat, borrowing a term from climate science and giving it a theological twist, calls ‘eschatological tipping points’. These are no longer just the nuclear age or climate crisis, but their collision, conjoined with various other major threats – not only pandemics, but also the viruses of capitalism and fascism. In his investigation of the future of places such as Chernobyl, the Mediterranean and the Marshall Islands, as well as many others affected by COVID-19, Horvat contends that the ‘revelation’ appears simple and unprecedented: the alternatives are no longer socialism or barbarism – our only alternatives today are a radical reinvention of the world, or mass extinction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter the Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis an urgent call not only to mourn tomorrow’s dead today but to struggle for our future while we can.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements \u003cp\u003eEpigraph\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Nine Theses on Apocalypse\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Apocalypse already happened\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApocalypse as revelation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe struggle for meaning\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-apocalyptic melancholy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Normalization’ of the Apocalypse\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEschatological tipping points\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtinction is ‘supraliminal’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTime beyond ‘progress’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnother end of the world is still possible\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Climate Crisis: Back to the Future Mediterranean\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the importance of wind\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolastalgia for the Mediterranean\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Normalization’ of the Apocalypse\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeath of Venice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Nuclear Age: ‘Enjoy Chernobyl, Die Later’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Cloud that stopped at the border’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe obsolescence of ‘ruin value’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommodification of the Apocalypse\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSupraliminal radioactivity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Collision: Marshall Islands Are Everywhere\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘The ontological Garden of Eden’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe collision of the nuclear age and climate crisis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe twenty-first-century pyramids\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTime beyond progress\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostscriptum: ‘Revelation’ of COVID-19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Wuhan is everywhere’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEschatological tipping points\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe revolution of breathing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441803260184,"sku":"9781509540075","price":42.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509540075.jpg?v=1785026120","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/after-the-apocalypse-hardback-9781509540075","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}