Life Is Not Useful

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By Ailton Krenak

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In Life Is Not Useful, Indigenous leader and activist Ailton Krenak urges a profound awakening from the destructive trajectory of modern colonialism, which has prioritised order, progress, development, consumerism, and capitalism at the expense of true life. He invites readers to reconnect with the "cosmic sense of life" and challenges the rigid distinctions imposed by Western modernity on what it means to be human, especially highlighted by the shared vulnerability revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Life Is Not Useful is essential reading for those interested in Indigenous perspectives, environmental philosophy, contemporary activism, and critiques of modernity. It will resonate with readers seeking ethical reflections on humanity’s place within the natural world and challenges to mainstream conceptions of progress and development.

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Indigenous leader and activist Ailton Krenak reminds us that we must awaken from the comatose senselessness we have been immersed in since the beginning of the modern colonial project, where order, progress, development, consumerism, and capitalism have taken over our entire existence, leaving us only very partially alive, and, in fact, almost dead.

To awaken from the coma of modernity is, for Krenak, to awaken to the possibility of becoming attuned to "the cosmic sense of life."

He points out that the COVID-19 pandemic affects all so-called "human" lives and that the time is ripe for us all to reflect on and undo the exclusivity and distinction that have characterised the concept of humanity throughout Western modernity.

Life Is Not Useful offers a compelling argument for reevaluating our current path and embracing a more cosmic sense of existence inspired by Indigenous wisdom.

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Selected by Mongabay as one of 10 notable books on conservation and the environment in 2023.

Reviewers praise Krenak’s unique perspective on the environmental crisis, emphasising his call for an interconnected understanding of life on Earth rather than a profit-driven detachment from nature. Mongabay commends his vision of embracing our shared reliance with all forms of life. Philosopher Emanuele Coccia highlights Krenak’s ability to transform the current crisis into an opportunity for recognising our collective identity linked to the Earth, beyond cultural and political divisions.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781509554041

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 March 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Polity Press

Contributors:

Translated by Alex Brostoff
Translated by Jamille Pinheiro Dias
Introduction by Natalia Brizuela

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 454g

Pages: 96

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About the Author

Ailton Krenak was born in the Doce River valley region (a territory of the Krenak people) in Brazil, and is an educational and environmental activist. He is a prominent leader in the movement for Indigenous rights.

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