Pettman, Dominic

Sad Planets

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ISBN 13:
9781509562350
author:
Pettman, Dominic
format:
Hardback
publisher:
Polity Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2024
Pages:
488
Dimensions:
21.9 x 14.5 x 3.2 centimetres (0
Genre:
Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Popular Culture,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 20 working days
£52.41

Description

Sad Planets explores the relationship between human melancholia and a more impersonal sorrow, nestled in the heart of cosmic elements. Dominic Pettman and Eugene Thacker examine the "negative affects" associated with climate change, environmental destruction, and cosmic solitude.

The authors consider how we should feel about climate change, and whether our emotions are a response to the world's suffering or an inherent aspect of human experience. They also investigate the limits of human existence and comprehension in the face of unprecedented knowledge about the planet and cosmos.

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