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End of the World by Jon Mills

End of the World

Civilization and Its Fate

Jon Mills

Rowman · Print & ebook · June 4, 2024

Famine.

Climate ChangePsychologyEnvironmental Philosophy
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Jon Mills examines existential risks through unconscious conflicts and a collective bystander disorder.
Genres
Environmental Philosophy, Climate Change, Psychology
Published
Rowman, June 4, 2024

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About this book

Famine. Extreme climate change. Threats of global war and nuclear annihilation. Obscene wealth disparities. Is civilization destined for self-annihilation? In this timely book, philosopher and psychoanalyst Jon Mills explores the emergencies that could ignite an apocalypse. As we idly stand by in the face of ecological, economic, and societal collapse, we must seriously question whether humanity is under the sway of a collective unconscious death wish.

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Examining ominous existential risks and drawing on the psychological motivations, unconscious conflicts, and cultural complexes that drive human behavior and social relations, he offers fresh new perspectives on the looming fate of humanity based on a collective bystander disorder.End of the Worldis a warning about the dangerous precipice we find ourselves careening toward and a call to action to take control of our own fate.

Collective Bystander Disorder

Jon Mills examines existential risks through unconscious conflicts and a collective bystander disorder.

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  • Unconscious conflicts and cultural complexes shaping human behavior
  • Existential risks including extreme climate change and nuclear annihilation

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  • A philosophical and psychoanalytic examination of humanity’s possible self-annihilation
  • A warning and call to take control of humanity’s fate

Where it sits

Environmental Philosophy40%
Psychology34%
Climate Change33%

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Publisher categories

  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
Authors
Jon Mills
Publisher
Rowman
Published
June 4, 2024
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Philosophy

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