Un contrapocalipsis feminista
Given the Anthropocene's close connection to an apocalyptic narrative, which conveys a widespread escapist belief that heralds salvation, whether through the advent of a supernatural place or the transfer to other planets, Joanna Zylinska presents a different vision. The End of Man reframes the prophecy of the end of humans, interrogating the rise of populism worldwide and offering an ethical vision of a "feminist counter-apocalypse" that challenges many of the masculinist and technocratic solutions to the various planetary crises. The book is accompanied by a visual essay, "Exit Man," which poses the following question: if unbridled progress is no longer an option, what kind of coexistence and collaboration do we create for what is to come? The book closes with the essay "Photography After the Human," in which the author interrogates the existence of images, and in particular, the li...read more
