Review of 'Why Climate Breakdown Matters' Book

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Philosophy for Coming Through: Review of Read’s Why Climate Breakdown Matters - Volume 23 Issue 66

Cambridge CoreJohn Foster

Philosophy has overwhelmingly approached climate breakdown in terms of the ethical obligations to the future which it is supposed to involve, but which when push comes to shove never seem effectively to constrain us. This review by John Foster of Rupert Read’s 2022 book Why Climate Breakdown Matters shows Read bringing philosophy to bear on the climate challenge at a prior level – helping us to confront it as an already present disaster, adequately addressing which could reconnect us deeply with ourselves. Given the topic and the associations of both writers with Green House Think Tank, these considerations may well be of interest to a wider-than-philosophical audience.

Why Climate Breakdown Matters

Climate change and the destruction of the earth is the most urgent issue of our time. We are hurtling towards the end of civilisation as we know it. With an unf…

BloomsburySarah J. Maas

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