Rupert Read Book order

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 unflinching honest approach, Rupert Read asks us to face up to the fate of the planet. This is a book for anyone who wants their philosophy to deal with reality and their climate concern to be more than a displacement activity. As people come together to mourn the loss of the planet, we have the opportunity to create a grounded, hopeful response. This meaningful hopefulness looks to the new communities created around climate activism. Together, our collective mourning enables us to become human in ways previously unknown. Why Climate Breakdown Matters is a practical guide on how to be a radical, responsible climate activist.

That our ecological future appears grave can no longer come as any surprise. And yet we have so far failed, collectively and individually, to begin the kind of action necessary to shift our path away from catastrophic climate collapse. In this stark and startling little book, Rupert Read helps us to understand the direness of our predicament while showing us a metaphor and a method a way of thinking by which we might transform it. From the relatively uncontroversial starting point that we love our own children, we are introduced to a logic of care that iterates far into the future: in caring for our own children, we are committed to caring for the whole of human future; in caring for the whole of human future, we are committed to caring for the future of the natural world. Out of such thinking, hope emerges. As Read demonstrates in this urgent call to action, accepting that we care for our own offspring commits us to a struggle on behalf of us all.

Focusing on a resolute reading influenced by the New Wittgenstein school, the author delves into the Philosophical Investigations to reveal the liberatory essence of Wittgenstein's later philosophy. Rupert Read emphasizes how this interpretation unlocks a deeper understanding of the text's implications, suggesting that it offers transformative insights into philosophical inquiry.

Exploring the intersection of philosophy and cinema, this book offers insightful readings of various arthouse and Hollywood films through the lens of Wittgenstein's philosophy. It emphasizes that true philosophical inquiry reveals existing truths in novel ways rather than seeking new discoveries. By analyzing films, the author illuminates deeper meanings and themes, inviting readers to reconsider familiar narratives from a fresh perspective.