Our world is reeling from dire economic crises and ecological disasters. Visions of the apocalypse and impending doom abound. Governments warn that no alternative exists to taking the bitter medicine they prescribe.

Catastrophism explores the politics of apocalypse–on the left and right, in the environmental movement, and from capital and the state–and examines why the lens of catastrophe distorts ourunderstanding of the dynamics at the heart of numerous disasters and fatally impedes our ability to transform the world. The authors challenge the belief that it is only out of the ashes that a better society may be born.

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Foreword Dystopia is for Losers Doug Henwood
Introduction the Apocalyptic Politics of Collapse and Rebirth Sasha Lilley
Chapter One the Politics of Failure Have Failed: The Environmental Movement and Catastrophism Eddie Yuen
Chapter Two Great Chaos Under Heaven: Catastrophism and the Left Sasha Lilley
Chapter Three at War with the Future: Catastrophism and the Right James Davis
Chapter Four Land of the Living Dead: Capitalism and the Catastrophes of Everyday Life David Mcnally
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