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Extremity and the Future

Reflections on Imagination, Survival, and Ambiguous Times

Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

AvDaniel Nevárez Araújo,Nelson Varas-Díaz

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Extremity and the Future: Reflections on Survival, Imagination, and Ambiguous Times brings together psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists, educators, artists, and activists to explore how we make sense of extremity in an era of broken futures and uncertain survival. From the eerie calm of nuclear bunkers to the disquieting humor of apocalyptic marketing, this collection investigates how play, pedagogy, and imagination serve as tools for navigating collapse, cultural anxiety, and existential threat. At its core is the concept of playful foreboding—a critical strategy that blends seriousness and levity to face the unthinkable without denying its weight. Through essays, photo essays, and interdisciplinary inquiry, contributors from around the globe examine how extremity is lived, denied, aestheticized, and reimagined in daily life. With insight and urgency, this volume offers a new lens for understanding the complex relationship between extremity and the future

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Utgivningsdatum2027-01-07
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieExtremity in Society and Culture
Antal sidor304
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781666980752

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List of FiguresList of ContributorsChapter 1 - Playful Foreboding at the Intersection of Extremity and the Future. Nelson Varas-Díaz & Daniel Nevárez AraújoSection 1: Technologies of Denial and EnduranceChapter 2 - To Live Forever: Optimization, Health, and Extremity. Sheilla R. MaderaChapter 3 - The Future of Denialism: From the Instrumental, to the Extreme, to the Beyond. Keith Kahn-HarrisChapter 4 - Extremity, Permanence, and Ambiguous Escape Valves. Nelson Varas-DíazSection 2: Living with Broken FuturesChapter 5 - Blame It on My Youth: Extremity as a Form of Control in Indonesia. Oki Rahadianto SutopoChapter 6 - Unmooring Traumas of the Past / Drifting Towards Imagined Futures: How Puerto Rico’s Obsession with the Past Stagnates Actionable Paths Forward. Daniel Nevárez AraújoChapter 7 - The Persistence of Traces: The Shadows of Destroyed Black Archives and the Reinscription of the Black Population in Brazil. Aluísio Ferreira de LimaSection 3: Practices of Extreme InquiryChapter 8 - Extreme Frustrations: A-Positioning the Future of artXeducation. jessie l. beier, José Cortés & Veronica MocklerChapter 9 - Struggling Against the Current: Community Work amid Extremity and Uncertain Futures in Havana, Cuba. John Vertovec and Maria Baylon GuillenChapter 10 - Fleeting Frames: A Photographic Project on the Finite and the Fragile in Extreme Times. Nicole WerneckSection 4: Embodied and Sonic ExtremesChapter 11 - Run to the Hills: An Epistemological Theory of Extremity through Fell Running. Karl SpracklenChapter 12 - Echoes of Extremity: An Analytical Psychology Perspective on Extractivism in the Global South through Metal Music. Léandi Steenkamp & Suzanne Strauss