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The Plot is on Fire

Care Struggles after Progress, Plantation and Patriarchy
Brief Description
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... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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A guide to building caring communities in a world on fire

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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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