Rupert Read is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, UK. He is a former spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion collective, an environmental activist and a former Green Party councillor. His most recent books include Extinction Rebellion: Insights from the Inside (with Samuel Alexander) (2020), This Civilisation is Finished: Conversations on the end of Empire - and what lies beyond (2019) and A film-philosophy of ecology and enlightenment (2018).

Preface

Prologue: The Attention-Shift From Climate To Corona - And Back Again?
Introduction: On Climate, Ecological And Societal Breakdown
Chapter 1: Just How Much Do You Care About The Future Of Humanity?
Chapter 2: Is Climate Breakdown A White Swan?
Chapter 3: Is This Civilisation Finished?
Chapter 4: The Great Gift Of Community That (Climate) Disasters Can Give Us
Chapter 5: How Climate Grief May Yet Be The Making Of Us
Chapter 6: Can We Understand Cetacean Society? Can We Change Ourselves?
Chapter 7: How Today To Live In Truth
Epilogue: The Lessons From Corona For Climate

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