The Plot is on Fire
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The Plot is on Fire
A guide to building caring communities in a world on fire
As myths of progress and modernisation collapse in the relentless polycrisis of our time, how do we strengthen other plots—in community, practice, and struggle? How do we come together as movements for earthcare?
The Plot is on Fire weaves stories, proposals, and analyses around a key domain of living reproduction in crisis: agriculture. Looking at peasant, indigenous, and transecofeminist practices, it formulates another plot on how we want to sustain life collectively—beyond progress, plantation, and patriarchy.
Recovering and repurposing old and new technologies, and breaking down the division between rural and urban, the ground is made fertile for growing other futures. Alongside writers like Ursula Le Guin and Octavia Butler, this work of radical political theory raises critical questions about technology and storytelling, as matters of care and community.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780745352077
Publisher: Pluto Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 May 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pluto Press
Illustration: 4 Halftones, black and white; 1 Figures
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Manuela Zechner is a researcher, educator and organiser. She co-founded the Common Ecologies school, produces the Earthcare Fieldcast and is affiliated with the Centre for Applied Ecological Thinking at Copenhagen University.
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