Extremity and the Future
Reflections on Imagination, Survival, and Ambiguous Times
Extremity and the Future
Reflections on Imagination, Survival, and Ambiguous Times
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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
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Chapter 1 - Playful Foreboding at the Intersection of Extremity and the Future. Nelson Varas-Díaz & Daniel Nevárez Araújo
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-Díaz
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 Nevárez Araújo
Chapter 7 - The Persistence of Traces: The Shadows of Destroyed Black Archives and the Reinscription of the Black Population in Brazil. Aluísio Ferreira de Lima
Section 3: Practices of Extreme Inquiry
Chapter 8 - Extreme Frustrations: A-Positioning the Future of artXeducation. jessie l. beier, José Cortés & 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. Léandi Steenkamp & Suzanne Strauss
Product details
| Published | Jan 07 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 9781666980752 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Illustrations | 30 images |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Series | Extremity in Society and Culture |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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