“If the world is made of problems to be solved, then to admit you are out of solutions is to reach the end of the world.”
– Dougald Hine, At Work In the Ruins
Anyone reading this right now is likely inhabiting the world of high-energy modernity – enjoying the benefits, and increasingly feeling the consequences, of a fossil-fueled frenzy of mechanization, industrialization, and exploitation of people and nature. But modernity is more than just the highly complex physical, social, and economic fabric of our lives. It is a story, as Vanessa Andreotti and Dougald Hine argue in their seminal books, Hospicing Modernity and At Work in the Ruins – a story of inevitable growth and progress so deeply embedded in the consciousness of our culture and institutions that is not conscious at all. For much of humanity and the more-than-human world, that story has already been a tragedy. But now both the story and the real-world manifestations of modernity may be expiring.
In this online event, Vanessa Andreotti and Dougald Hine held a rich and honest discussion to explore the promise and consequences of modernity, the implications of its decline, and how we – individually and collectively – can hospice what is dying and give care to what may emerge.
The recording of this event and additional resources are only available to Resilience+ members.
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