"Ideas to Postpone the End of the World" by Ailton Krenak

Reading Recluse · 4 days ago · discuss

Translated from Portuguese into English by Anthony Doyle. This year I've been enjoying listening to Antropoceno's latest album, No Ritmo da Terra, a work about climate collapse, Western imperialism, the destruction of everything that is precious by our modern industry, and indigenous resistance. Recently I read that their music was inspired by the works of Ailton Krenak. I looked up Krenak, but it appeared not much has been translated into English. This was one of the few translated works I found, so I decided to give it a go. It's a really short book, only a few essays long. I...