Pettman, Dominic
Sad Planets
- 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
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.