Future of Denial

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It is through denial that the climate crisis deepens, but we have hardly begun to get our heads around how it works. In this sweeping survey, Tad DeLay turns and twists the concept and uses it to shine light on a range of aspects of the crisis. It is a leap forward in the study of denial." -- Andreas Malm, author of <i>How to Blow Up a Pipeline</i> The contradictions of daily life in the global North in the face of accelerating climate change have become normalized. Sure there are those who refuse to "believe" in climate change, but even people who recognize the magnitude of the problem have to manage the chasm between how contemporary capitalism works and the radical otherwise that is required. This requires a vast arsenal of denial that we rarely if ever talk about, and Tad DeLay is its generous but unflinching diagnostician. This book uncovers not only the scams, lies and misinformation that sustain the degradation of people and planet, but just as importantly the repressions and suppressions that have for many become essential to making it through the day. It is also an excellent guide to how we might move forward without them, but without giving in to doom-saying. -- Geoff Mann, author of <i>In the Long Run We Are All Dead: Keynesianism, Political Economy, and Revolution</i> An impressive, beautifully written and unsparing book. DeLay's precise, controlled fury lends itself to mournful ironies and asperous satire as he brutally exposes the sources of denial and weighs the options for a future beyond denial. Not a word is wasted in this vital intervention. -- Richard Seymour, authour of <i>The Twittering Machine</i> Tad DeLay is one of the most important and disquieting theorists of consciousness and politics writing today. His work is indispensable. -- CHINA MIEVILLE, author of <i>October</i> An eloquent, forthright text about the realities of the crisis and where it is heading. -- Maya Goodfellow * Guardian * As trenchant as it is ambitious ... an essential wake-up call. -- Hilde Rapp * International Affairs *