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<p>Apologies for cross-posting<br>
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Dear All,<br>
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I wanted to let you know about my new short book titled <i>The
End of Man: A Feminist Counterapocalypse</i>, which has just
come out in the University of Minnesota Press’s Forerunners series
– in paper, e-format and as a free open access version. It may be
of interest to the readers of this list as it combines an academic
text with a photo-film, with a view to attempting to practice a
more visual, embedded and multi-modal way of thinking about the
planetary issues of today.</p>
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Best, Joanna<br>
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Description <br>
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Joanna Zylinska’s<i> The End of Man: A Feminist Counterapocalypse</i>
offers an ironic take on various contemporary eco-political
crises, from the climate catastrophe and the threats to the human
species posed by artificial intelligence through to the widespread
rise in populism. In response, the author outlines an ethical
vision of a feminist counterapocalypse, which challenges many of
the proposed solutions to those crises, in their masculinist and
technicist guises. The photo-film <i>Exit Man </i>included with
the book showcases a “local museum of the Anthropocene” of the
author’s making, with a view to envisaging a different future for
humanity—and a different mode of scholarly engagement. The project
is framed by an overarching question: If unbridled progress is no
longer an option, what kinds of coexistences and collaborations do
we create in its aftermath?<br>
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The publishers have made the online version available open access
on their Manifold platform: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://manifold.umn.edu/project/the-end-of-man/">https://manifold.umn.edu/project/the-end-of-man/</a><br>
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To support the University of Minnesota Press and order a paper or
electronic version for your library, please here:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-end-of-man">https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-end-of-man</a><br>
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The <i>Exit Man</i> film: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://vimeo.com/203887003">https://vimeo.com/203887003</a></p>
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Professor Joanna Zylinska
Co-Head of Department of Media and Communications
Goldsmiths, University of London
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.joannazylinska.net">http://www.joannazylinska.net</a>
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