Rebekah Diski | Facts Not in Dispute
This catastrophe perfectly encapsulates the French psychoanalyst Octave Mannoni’s formulation of Verleugnung (disavowal): ‘I know very well, but nevertheless’,
Rafael Holmberg • How to Misunderstand the Climate Crisis
one is happy about this. No one thinks this is the right way to live. But we don’t know what to do. We don’t know how to feel. And so, a part of us falls silent. We play tricks on our soul. We slide into a strange double life, “caught,” says eco-philosopher Joanna Macy, (see page 187) “between a sense of impending apocalypse and the fear of acknowl
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one is happy about this. No one thinks this is the right way to live. But we don’t know what to do. We don’t know how to feel. And so, a part of us falls silent. We play tricks on our soul. We slide into a strange double life, “caught,” says eco-philosopher Joanna Macy, (see page 187) “between a sense of impending apocalypse and the fear of acknowl
... See moreAndrew Boyd • I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
So we don’t. And this elaborate act of self-misdirection has many an accomplice: Governments that can’t bring themselves to announce the news like the existential emergency it actually is. The niceties of everyday life which shun the grief-struck herald. The paid agents of Big Oil and Gas who have spent millions to cast shade on news we already wis
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