Extremity and the Future
Reflections on Imagination, Survival, and Ambiguous Times
Will be published approx. on 4. February 2027
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-6669-8075-2 (ISBN)
Description
Extremity and the Future: Reflections on Survival, Imagination, and Ambiguous Times brings together psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists, educators, artists, and activists to explore how we make sense of extremity in an era of broken futures and uncertain survival.
From the eerie calm of nuclear bunkers to the disquieting humor of apocalyptic marketing, this collection investigates how play, pedagogy, and imagination serve as tools for navigating collapse, cultural anxiety, and existential threat. At its core is the concept of playful foreboding-a critical strategy that blends seriousness and levity to face the unthinkable without denying its weight. Through essays, photo essays, and interdisciplinary inquiry, contributors from around the globe examine how extremity is lived, denied, aestheticized, and reimagined in daily life. With insight and urgency, this volume offers a new lens for understanding the complex relationship between extremity and the future
From the eerie calm of nuclear bunkers to the disquieting humor of apocalyptic marketing, this collection investigates how play, pedagogy, and imagination serve as tools for navigating collapse, cultural anxiety, and existential threat. At its core is the concept of playful foreboding-a critical strategy that blends seriousness and levity to face the unthinkable without denying its weight. Through essays, photo essays, and interdisciplinary inquiry, contributors from around the globe examine how extremity is lived, denied, aestheticized, and reimagined in daily life. With insight and urgency, this volume offers a new lens for understanding the complex relationship between extremity and the future
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
30 images
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6669-8075-2 (9781666980752)
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Persons
Daniel Nevarez Araujo is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico.
Nelson Varas-Diaz is Professor of Global and Sociocultural Studies at Florida International University.
Nelson Varas-Diaz is Professor of Global and Sociocultural Studies at Florida International University.
Content
List of Figures
List of Contributors
Chapter 1 - Playful Foreboding at the Intersection of Extremity and the Future. Nelson Varas-Diaz & Daniel Nevarez Araujo
Section 1: Technologies of Denial and Endurance
Chapter 2 - To Live Forever: Optimization, Health, and Extremity. Sheilla R. Madera
Chapter 3 - The Future of Denialism: From the Instrumental, to the Extreme, to the Beyond. Keith Kahn-Harris
Chapter 4 - Extremity, Permanence, and Ambiguous Escape Valves. Nelson Varas-Diaz
Section 2: Living with Broken Futures
Chapter 5 - Blame It on My Youth: Extremity as a Form of Control in Indonesia. Oki Rahadianto Sutopo
Chapter 6 - Unmooring Traumas of the Past / Drifting Towards Imagined Futures: How Puerto Rico's Obsession with the Past Stagnates Actionable Paths Forward. Daniel Nevarez Araujo
Chapter 7 - The Persistence of Traces: The Shadows of Destroyed Black Archives and the Reinscription of the Black Population in Brazil. Aluisio Ferreira de Lima
Section 3: Practices of Extreme Inquiry
Chapter 8 - Extreme Frustrations: A-Positioning the Future of artXeducation. jessie l. beier, Jose Cortes & Veronica Mockler
Chapter 9 - Struggling Against the Current: Community Work amid Extremity and Uncertain Futures in Havana, Cuba. John Vertovec and Maria Baylon Guillen
Chapter 10 - Fleeting Frames: A Photographic Project on the Finite and the Fragile in Extreme Times. Nicole Werneck
Section 4: Embodied and Sonic Extremes
Chapter 11 - Run to the Hills: An Epistemological Theory of Extremity through Fell Running. Karl Spracklen
Chapter 12 - Echoes of Extremity: An Analytical Psychology Perspective on Extractivism in the Global South through Metal Music. Leandi Steenkamp & Suzanne Strauss
List of Contributors
Chapter 1 - Playful Foreboding at the Intersection of Extremity and the Future. Nelson Varas-Diaz & Daniel Nevarez Araujo
Section 1: Technologies of Denial and Endurance
Chapter 2 - To Live Forever: Optimization, Health, and Extremity. Sheilla R. Madera
Chapter 3 - The Future of Denialism: From the Instrumental, to the Extreme, to the Beyond. Keith Kahn-Harris
Chapter 4 - Extremity, Permanence, and Ambiguous Escape Valves. Nelson Varas-Diaz
Section 2: Living with Broken Futures
Chapter 5 - Blame It on My Youth: Extremity as a Form of Control in Indonesia. Oki Rahadianto Sutopo
Chapter 6 - Unmooring Traumas of the Past / Drifting Towards Imagined Futures: How Puerto Rico's Obsession with the Past Stagnates Actionable Paths Forward. Daniel Nevarez Araujo
Chapter 7 - The Persistence of Traces: The Shadows of Destroyed Black Archives and the Reinscription of the Black Population in Brazil. Aluisio Ferreira de Lima
Section 3: Practices of Extreme Inquiry
Chapter 8 - Extreme Frustrations: A-Positioning the Future of artXeducation. jessie l. beier, Jose Cortes & Veronica Mockler
Chapter 9 - Struggling Against the Current: Community Work amid Extremity and Uncertain Futures in Havana, Cuba. John Vertovec and Maria Baylon Guillen
Chapter 10 - Fleeting Frames: A Photographic Project on the Finite and the Fragile in Extreme Times. Nicole Werneck
Section 4: Embodied and Sonic Extremes
Chapter 11 - Run to the Hills: An Epistemological Theory of Extremity through Fell Running. Karl Spracklen
Chapter 12 - Echoes of Extremity: An Analytical Psychology Perspective on Extractivism in the Global South through Metal Music. Leandi Steenkamp & Suzanne Strauss