the human condition
New book from the Simplicity Institute:
Paradise Lost? The Climate Crisis and the Human Condition
By Paul Hoggett
As the climate and ecological emergency worsens, moral challenges mount, particularly to citizens of the Global North whose economies have contributed most to the destruction we now all face. How has the ‘self’ of this modern citizen become so estranged both from external nature and its own nature as a finite physical being? And as individualism has increased has not our estrangement from each other also worsened? Consumed by restless longing and resentment, oppressed by time, haunted by shame, the neoliberal citizen now confronts a world of increasing ecological and social chaos.
Paradise Lost? examines how we can help each other find the strength to embrace the truth and be moved by it into a deeper engagement with the challenge posed by this emergency. In the process, this book explores the nature of catastrophism, tragedy, grief, hope, love and vitality, and how these contribute to personal and political engagement. This ebook is available on a ‘pay what you can’ basis. The price can be edited as you see fit, including zero. A short article introducing the themes of the book has just been published on the Post Carbon Institute’s website, Resilience, available here:
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-01-09/facing-difficult-truths/
