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Hospicing Modernity: Parting with Harmful Ways of Living

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But instead of drowning in hopelessness, how can we learn to face our reality with humility and accountability? It is the story of separation, of how humans have cut themselves off from the rest of life on planet Earth by believing that we can do precisely as we wish without repercussions. It is fitting that the author is someone who genuinely has a foot outside of the tent of modernity and can bring a unique perspective to its study. Then she juxtaposes that practice with practices and wisdom from cultures that have lived more lightly upon the Earth. It is a book that is not only thought provoking but also helpful in guiding genuinely worthwhile discussions.

It’s a book for the future, yet written to meet us where we are at right now as individuals living with trauma and facing ethical dilemmas about what it means to take meaningful actions under conditions of complexity. Machado de Oliveira breaks down archetypes of cognitive dissonance—the do-gooder who does “good enough,” then retreats to business as usual; the incognito capitalist who, at first glance, may seem like a radical change-maker—and asks us to dig deeper and exist differently.If you are in Canada, you can purchase the book here (with proceedings going to our Indigenous partners in Brazil). Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here.

This is an outstanding book—truly original and profoundly perceptive in its contents and arguments, and multimodal in its pedagogic approach. For fans of adrienne maree brown, Sherri Mitchell, and Arundhati Roy, Hospicing Modernity challenges our assumptions and dares to ask more of us, for the sake of us all. The book “ Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism” was published in September 2021. Machado de Oliveira breaks down archetypes of cognitive dissonance—the do-gooder who does “good enough,” then retreats to business as usual; the incognito capitalist who, at first glance, may seem like a radical change-maker—and asks us to dig deeper and exist differently.

The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. Modernity, she claims, is not about being contemporary or cutting edge, nor is it about technology or science. We take more than we give; we inoculate ourselves in positive self-regard while continuing to make harmful choices; we wreak irreparable havoc on the ecosystems, habitats, and beings with whom we share our planet. Machado de Oliveira has established that we need to do the former and, with the telling of fragility, she promotes a new strength through mystery.

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