Life Is Not Useful

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By Ailton Krenak

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Indigenous leader and activist Ailton Krenak challenges the dominant narratives of modern coloniality, consumerism, and capitalism that render human life partially alive, urging readers to awaken to a cosmic sense of life. He reflects on the universal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling for a reassessment of the exclusive concept of humanity shaped by Western modernity and advocating a deeper connection with all forms of life on Earth.
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Recommended for readers interested in Indigenous perspectives, environmental philosophy, social activism, and contemporary reflections on humanity's relationship with nature.

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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 characterized the concept of humanity throughout Western modernity.

Life Is Not Useful challenges readers to reconsider these ingrained notions and invites us to envision a more interconnected and meaningful existence.

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Chosen by Mongabay as one of 10 notable books on conservation and the environment in 2023. Mongabay praises Krenak's call to shift away from humanity’s detachment from nature and profit-driven exploitation, highlighting his vision of interconnected reliance on all life on the planet. Emanuele Coccia, author of Metamorphoses, recognises Krenak as a unique contemporary voice who transforms crisis into opportunity, emphasising our shared flesh with the Earth and the need to view the planet not as a battleground of cultures but as a place for shared dreams with all living beings.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781509554058

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

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: 8.0mm

Width: 137.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 136g

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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