Philosophy of Climate Apocalypticism - In and Against the World

This book offers a long-overdue analysis of the ubiquity of eco-apocalypticism in current discourses on the climate crisis.Drawing on a wide range of sources and theoretical traditions from ecological works and radical pamphlets, through political theology and continental philosophy to ancient and medieval apocalypses, the book sheds a comprehensive light on the concepts, processes, and experiences which circulate around the figure of the environmental end of the world. Importantly, this book argues that apocalypticism can provide a productive philosophical framework for addressing the climate catastrophe, enabling us to propose a distinctive answer to the fundamental question which haunts progressive ecological projects: how can we defend the world we find indefensible?Appealing to students, academics, and researchers in philosophy, political theology, and environmental humanities, this book is a timely intervention which hopes to demonstrate that, when all else fails, it is the end of the world which may save the planet.

Product details

• Authors: Jakub Kowalewski
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 19.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032391298
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3239129-8
• No. of pages: 164
• Series: Routledge Environmental Humanities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Climate Change, NATURE / Ecology, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, RELIGION / Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Applied ecology, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Social impact of environmental issues, Politics and government, Colonialism and imperialism, Philosophy of religion, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Environmentalist thought and ideology, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology, National liberation and independence, Civil engineering, surveying and building, PHILOSOPHY / Environmental