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Many people really like the idea of the apocalypse, especially an end-of-times resulting from our own actions that can only be avoided through some repentance
I welcome pointers to literature on this seemingly basic human instinct
Why do we love the apocalypse?
Kellow 2020 The Lure of the Apocalypse
Lambelet 2021
“Amid the cascade of environmental crises we are living through, apocalyptic practices of renunciation of the world offer a guide and discipline for living in the end”
“Amid the cascade of environmental crises we are living through, apocalyptic practices of renunciation of the world offer a guide and discipline for living in the end”
The Lure of the Apocalypse: Ecology, Ethics, and the End of the World – Kyle B. T. Lambelet, 2021What should we make of the apocalyptic tone taken up by politicians, journalists, scientists, and activists? Some environmental thinkers such as Michael Shellen…https://doi.org/10.1177%2F09539468211031352
Skrimshire 2013
Climate change and apocalyptic faith
Climate change and apocalyptic faith