In Catastrophic Times: Resisting The Coming Barbarism

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This book is addressed to everyone who is struggling and experimenting today, to everyone who is a true contemporary of what Stengers dares to call "the intrusion of Gaia," this "nature" that has left behind its traditional role and now has the power to question us all. In Catastrophic Times is neither a book of prophecy nor a survival guide. Here, Stengers reminds us that it falls to us to experiment with the apparatuses that make us capable of surviving without sinking into barbarism, to create what nourishes trust where panicked impotence threatens. Contents......Page 7 Preface to the English Language Edition......Page 9 Introduction......Page 17 Between two Histories......Page 19 The Epoch Has Changed......Page 29 The GMO Event......Page 37 The Intrusion of Gaia......Page 45 Capitalism......Page 53 Not Paying Attention!......Page 63 A Story of Three Thieves......Page 71 Enclosures......Page 81 Common Causes......Page 89 It Could BeDangerous!......Page 99 A Threat of Regression?......Page 109 Stupidity......Page 119 Learning......Page 129 Operators......Page 137 Artifices......Page 145 Honoring......Page 153