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Another End of the World is Possible: Living the Collapse
The critical situation in which our planet finds itself is no longer in doubt. Some things are already collapsing while others are beginning to do so, increasing the possibility of a global catastrophe that would mean the end of the world as we know it.
As individuals, we are faced with a daily deluge of bad news about the worsening situation on the planet, preparing ourselves to live with years of deep uncertainty about the future of the planet and the species that inhabit it, including our own.
In all honesty, who is ready for that? How can we cope with the flood of bad news? How can we project ourselves beyond the present, think bigger and find ways not just to survive the collapse but to live it?
In this second book, following How Everything Can Collapse, the authors show that a change of course that opens up new horizons necessarily requires an inner journey and a radical rethinking of our vision of the world, one that might enable us to remain standing during the coming storm, to develop a new awareness of ourselves and of the world and to imagine new ways of living in it. Perhaps then it will be possible to regenerate life from the ruins, creating new alliances in differing directions - with ourselves and our inner nature, between humans, with other living beings and with the earth on which we dwell.
As individuals, we are faced with a daily deluge of bad news about the worsening situation on the planet, preparing ourselves to live with years of deep uncertainty about the future of the planet and the species that inhabit it, including our own.
In all honesty, who is ready for that? How can we cope with the flood of bad news? How can we project ourselves beyond the present, think bigger and find ways not just to survive the collapse but to live it?
In this second book, following How Everything Can Collapse, the authors show that a change of course that opens up new horizons necessarily requires an inner journey and a radical rethinking of our vision of the world, one that might enable us to remain standing during the coming storm, to develop a new awareness of ourselves and of the world and to imagine new ways of living in it. Perhaps then it will be possible to regenerate life from the ruins, creating new alliances in differing directions - with ourselves and our inner nature, between humans, with other living beings and with the earth on which we dwell.
250 pages, Paperback
Published February 1, 2021
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Pablo Servigne
35Ìýbooks82ÌýfollowersPablo Servigne est un auteur et conférencier français. Il s'intéresse tout particulièrement aux questions de transition écologique, d'agroécologie, de collapsologie et de résilience collective.
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November 16, 2019
beaucoup de references litteraires et d’etudes sociologiques du comportement face a des situations de crise ou de changements. Un appel a la solidarite, l’empathie, l’acceptation, la sagesse mais dans l’action. Un encouragement a rester positif mais surtout a se tourner vers la nature, la respecter mais aussi mieux la comprendre, en comprendre des enseignements de resilience et lui accorder une place plus importante dans nos vies et sur notre planete.
October 15, 2021
I found this book to be something of a disappointment. It has great potential, but much of it is unrealised. This book is a companion to an earlier volume that makes the case that we are currently on a trajectory towards a civilisational collapse. That was a much easier case to make. However, having made the case, the next question is what to do about it? The aim of this book is to grapple with that question. Unfortunately, the book misses its target.
It starts well by framing the question. There are chapters on living through disasters, developing forms of resilience, and looking ahead to some form of recovery. Those chapters were quite good. After touching upon the first responder aspects of collapse, the book then moves on to envisioning a different world in the recovery. That was great.
Where things started to go wrong were in the prescriptions of what to do about it. It falls into the mire of relativism because it fails to provide a gauge to examine what would be a good future and what would not. Obviously, some post-collapse futures are more attractive than others, but the authors fail to provide a framework for us to consider the more utopian futures against the more dystopian visions of the future. The book then retreats into the ultimate cop out - the metaphysics of collapse.
Whenever I read waffle about ontology, I know that the authors aren't that sure about what they are saying. They lack belief and conviction in their own positions. That's where the second half of the book takes us. I found that deeply unsatisfying. I could say that we don't quite know where we will be after the collapse and that we will have to muddle along until something better turns up. I don't need to read half a book to say that.
Other than we all need friends in times of distress, the book has very little of practical value to add to the notion of a civilisational collapse. There is little about how to mitigate its impacts. There is little about how to forge networks to create resilience. There is little about how to access wider visions of future possibilities. The idea of waiting to be rescued doesn't appeal to me at all.
The book is hard work to read. It was written originally in French in an academic style that is the opposite of accessible. The reader has to cut their way through the undergrowth of some fairly obscure language. At the end of the ay you have to ask if it was worth it? In my case it wasn't.
It starts well by framing the question. There are chapters on living through disasters, developing forms of resilience, and looking ahead to some form of recovery. Those chapters were quite good. After touching upon the first responder aspects of collapse, the book then moves on to envisioning a different world in the recovery. That was great.
Where things started to go wrong were in the prescriptions of what to do about it. It falls into the mire of relativism because it fails to provide a gauge to examine what would be a good future and what would not. Obviously, some post-collapse futures are more attractive than others, but the authors fail to provide a framework for us to consider the more utopian futures against the more dystopian visions of the future. The book then retreats into the ultimate cop out - the metaphysics of collapse.
Whenever I read waffle about ontology, I know that the authors aren't that sure about what they are saying. They lack belief and conviction in their own positions. That's where the second half of the book takes us. I found that deeply unsatisfying. I could say that we don't quite know where we will be after the collapse and that we will have to muddle along until something better turns up. I don't need to read half a book to say that.
Other than we all need friends in times of distress, the book has very little of practical value to add to the notion of a civilisational collapse. There is little about how to mitigate its impacts. There is little about how to forge networks to create resilience. There is little about how to access wider visions of future possibilities. The idea of waiting to be rescued doesn't appeal to me at all.
The book is hard work to read. It was written originally in French in an academic style that is the opposite of accessible. The reader has to cut their way through the undergrowth of some fairly obscure language. At the end of the ay you have to ask if it was worth it? In my case it wasn't.
March 31, 2024
This book is full of interesting ideas to explore more deeply, but I feel I'm not ready for this kind of exploration just yet.
May 6, 2021
A great and helpful book for those struggling with existential angst due to ecological meltdown and the fate of humans and non-humans on this planet. Still, I found a bone to pick with the narrative of collective action since I hold it disingenuous considering our population of 7.900.000.000 and growing rapidly, as well as all the different cultures that exist. As much as we would like it to hold hands together, the numbers and different identities, values, traditions, and morals just don't allow for such a thing. That part of the book and message appears to be dressed with too much of a feel-good attitude and not grounded in the reality of ecological overshoot, overpopulation, and incompatible cultures that exist nowadays.
January 3, 2021
Ce livre n'est pas un livre de collapsologie mais un livre de développement personnel. Que je n'aime pas le développement personnel est une chose, et que les auteurs vendent ce livre en tant que collapsologues est un autre problème.
J'ai l'impression d'avoir perdu mon temps et d'avoir été arnaquée
J'ai l'impression d'avoir perdu mon temps et d'avoir été arnaquée
February 16, 2021
Collapsology meets Deep Adaptation - putting focus on the emotional, cultural and sociological work implicit to collapse adaptation.
It's an interesting compendium of schools of thought and concepts associated with ecopsychology, drawing connections between the external work (e.g.: transition towns, mutual aid, activism) and the inner work (e.g.: Work that Reconnects, ecofeminism).
The most innovative link, for me, was making it quite clear that collapse adaptation requires resilient communities - and this means resilient at the technical level (resource self-sufficiency) and at the social level (community wellbeing).
It remains a bit of a mess, perhaps a bit too superficial and I can't shake the feeling that this is more of an exercise for the authors to go beyond their comfort zones - and not necessarily the best work they could do.
That impression probably comes as I really wanted to get a better structure and framework on how to approach the so-called external work - and I grow impatient as time goes by.
It's an interesting compendium of schools of thought and concepts associated with ecopsychology, drawing connections between the external work (e.g.: transition towns, mutual aid, activism) and the inner work (e.g.: Work that Reconnects, ecofeminism).
The most innovative link, for me, was making it quite clear that collapse adaptation requires resilient communities - and this means resilient at the technical level (resource self-sufficiency) and at the social level (community wellbeing).
It remains a bit of a mess, perhaps a bit too superficial and I can't shake the feeling that this is more of an exercise for the authors to go beyond their comfort zones - and not necessarily the best work they could do.
That impression probably comes as I really wanted to get a better structure and framework on how to approach the so-called external work - and I grow impatient as time goes by.
April 28, 2021
Je voulais aimer ce livre...mais je ne suis pas rentré dedans...
Pourtant le sujet me passionne et le titre était prometteur. On va parler des problèmes de ce monde mais via le prisme des solutions. Vivre l'effondrement (et pas seulement y survivre).
Je pense que le livre est bien fait mais sans doute pas pour un lecteur comme moi. Je l'ai trouvé très dense, très cérébral, j'avais l'impression de me retrouver devant un cours à apprendre. Du coup le plaisir de lecture n'était pas là .
Je me dis que peut-être pour la suite je vais me servir de ce livre comme d'un index pour y retrouver des choses car il y a beaucoup de références.
Si ce sujet vous intéresse je vous conseillerais plutôt ce livre que j'ai dévoré:
Petit manuel de résistance contemporaine de Cyril Dion
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Pourtant le sujet me passionne et le titre était prometteur. On va parler des problèmes de ce monde mais via le prisme des solutions. Vivre l'effondrement (et pas seulement y survivre).
Je pense que le livre est bien fait mais sans doute pas pour un lecteur comme moi. Je l'ai trouvé très dense, très cérébral, j'avais l'impression de me retrouver devant un cours à apprendre. Du coup le plaisir de lecture n'était pas là .
Je me dis que peut-être pour la suite je vais me servir de ce livre comme d'un index pour y retrouver des choses car il y a beaucoup de références.
Si ce sujet vous intéresse je vous conseillerais plutôt ce livre que j'ai dévoré:
Petit manuel de résistance contemporaine de Cyril Dion
/book/show/4...
October 27, 2019
Un livre clairement trop axé sociologie pour moi (j'ai une nette préférence pour des lectures plus scientifiques). J'ai tout de même trouvé certains passages intéressants, notamment ceux autour de la place de l'espèce humaine dans la nature et autour de la déconnexion que l'on peut avoir en restant toujours enfermé entre 4 murs ou dans des cités bétonnées et goudronnées. Je pense que j'aurais été plus intéressée par des exemples d'actions mises en place de manière concrète par des Collapsonautes, plutôt que des théories sociologiques.
November 22, 2019
Je suis profondément convaincu par ces thématiques mais j'ai trouvé le propos confus et j'aurais préféré avoir un récit un peu plus concret (exemples de communautés résilientes par exemple)
Dommage je m'attendais à beaucoup mieux
Dommage je m'attendais à beaucoup mieux
May 15, 2019
Je ne m'attendais pas à une lecture très "engagée". Pour un lecteur non déjà acquis à la cause des auteurs, la lecture est assez difficile, bien qu'intéressante.
February 27, 2020
Indispensable. Touchant, juste. Une lecture qui crée du dialogue.
March 14, 2020
Fantastica lettura, perfetta per questi giorni.
Non riesce a centrare la seconda parte, che rimane un po' fumosa ma rimane: 4,5 netto e meritatissimo.
Non riesce a centrare la seconda parte, che rimane un po' fumosa ma rimane: 4,5 netto e meritatissimo.
April 28, 2020
Livre très intéressant mais un peu compliqué par moment
Il amène à réfléchir sur nos actions et sur notre façon de voir les choses
Il amène à réfléchir sur nos actions et sur notre façon de voir les choses
May 5, 2020
Indispensable pour comprendre la situation et éveiller les consciences. Ou alors espérer y croire.
February 1, 2021
Living the collapse will require our having built cohesive local communities BEFORE our civilisation falls in on itself. It will require including non-human animals in our diplomatic efforts, and a return to spirituality and emotional aliveness. It will require breaking down the boundaries of gender and accepting the masculine and feminine within all of us. These points made by this book speak to ways of living that my communities and I tend to be drawn to, so it was enlightening and reassuring to learn that the science of collapsology points to these very approaches as crucial for our future survival. The book is a little too short to fully explore its theme, and its investigation of the spiritual robustness we will need to survive the collapse felt light, almost dilettante. They have been doing the science part for decades and perhaps they should have done decades of the spiritual part and THEN written the book. At the same time, I understand the urgency they felt in getting it written. Not a book that will blow you away with its elegant style, but a quick read with highly relevant facts that could be a spark for a new outlook in readers.
November 16, 2023
Ce livre est complexe dans sa forme comme dans son fond et s’adresse donc à des personnes déjà aguerries et militantes. Si vous passez cette «barrièreÌý» et que vous passez aussi celle de l’écriture un peu lourde scientifiquement, vous trouverez un livre puissant.
Les chapitres sont organisés pour nous faire avancer progressivement dans notre pensée d’éco-anxieu•ses•x. Sans doute était-ce le chemin de vie des auteurs qui les a amenés à avoir un «ÌýmindsetÌý» plus apaisé sur le monde de demain.
Ce n’est pas un livre particulièrement optimiste ou pessimiste, mais plutôt une proposition d’exploration à destination de celles et ceux qui souhaiteraient trouver le moyen de vivre dignement dans ce chaos, plutôt que d’y survivre péniblement.
De données scientifiques à la spiritualité, en passant par la sociologie, les auteurs trouvent les mots pour nous apaiser et nous conseiller. Ce livre transforme pour qui saura s’y plonger.
Les chapitres sont organisés pour nous faire avancer progressivement dans notre pensée d’éco-anxieu•ses•x. Sans doute était-ce le chemin de vie des auteurs qui les a amenés à avoir un «ÌýmindsetÌý» plus apaisé sur le monde de demain.
Ce n’est pas un livre particulièrement optimiste ou pessimiste, mais plutôt une proposition d’exploration à destination de celles et ceux qui souhaiteraient trouver le moyen de vivre dignement dans ce chaos, plutôt que d’y survivre péniblement.
De données scientifiques à la spiritualité, en passant par la sociologie, les auteurs trouvent les mots pour nous apaiser et nous conseiller. Ce livre transforme pour qui saura s’y plonger.
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August 27, 2019Face aux catastrophes écologiques et climatiques, les auteurs nous proposent une réflexion positive sur notre comportement. Un vrai défi pour écrire une autre société, un autre monde. Un livre indispensable !
October 2, 2019
ColapsolosoPHIE, le but de ce livre n'est pas de débattre de l'effondrement mais de chercher à l'appréhender.
Je trouve leurs raisonnement assez boiteux, mais ça tient debout.
Bon, "le pouvoir de l'amour va nous sauver" si on raccourcit un peu.
Je trouve leurs raisonnement assez boiteux, mais ça tient debout.
Bon, "le pouvoir de l'amour va nous sauver" si on raccourcit un peu.
October 29, 2022
Ça m'a fait beaucoup de bien de mettre des mots sur mon éco-anxiété. C'est la première fois que j'ai lu le diagnostic exact de ce que je ressens. Pas toujours d'accord avec l'ensemble du livre mais je recommande vraiment pour les personnes qui ont du mal à vivre l'effondrement du monde !
May 3, 2023
Teenage quasi philosophical uninterrupted stream of thought full with quotations and references. It is divided in chapters though they don't give any structure to the book. Misinformation scattered at places.
June 13, 2019
À lire absolument pour construire positivement l'avenir des bouleversements à venir
December 1, 2022
Enlightening !!! To read through to the end :D
December 4, 2023
Written mostly for people who are already engaging with collapse. I found the book very clear and well written.
June 30, 2024
Important sur beaucoup de points, mais je ne comprends pas la critique de la science. Les solutions non techniques sont justes: garder l’humain, mais la science reste vraie.
March 22, 2025
L’est elle réellement ?
August 16, 2023
"Dobbiamo chiederci, oltre a cosa possiamo fare, chi possiamo essere."
"La risposta alla paura non è la speranza o l'ottimismo, ma il coraggio."
"La risposta alla paura non è la speranza o l'ottimismo, ma il coraggio."
August 12, 2019
Difficile à avaler mais donne des pistes. Béquille emotionnelle à une rude mais nécessaire prise de conscience
June 16, 2022
un baume sur ma crise existentielle
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December 19, 2021This book was a chore to get through. The first part, while it had reference to particular experiments and experiences that proved how beneficial nature is to humanity, how we’ve separated ourselves from the natural world over time, and specific organizations and movements in the struggle to re-bond with the planet, the general premise of this didn’t need to be proved to me.
The second part, was much more engaging, though concrete steps to granting equality to our natural world, respecting other living things, and “saving the planet� (though that truly means, at this point, facing the loss of parts of our world that are, or will be, irretrievably lost), are so giant, (and so ingrained in our thermo-industrial culture), they can be overwhelming.
Still, AEOTWIP offers hope. It will be a volume some future, forward-thinking, reflective civilization will uncover from the dust and debris of our ruined civilization, and see that we had the ways, just not the will, to correct our mistakes.
I particularly liked the explanations of Joanna Macy’s work. I liked the term “collapsology�, the study of our civilization’s demise. And, I found “thermo-industrial� a good descriptive.
The second part, was much more engaging, though concrete steps to granting equality to our natural world, respecting other living things, and “saving the planet� (though that truly means, at this point, facing the loss of parts of our world that are, or will be, irretrievably lost), are so giant, (and so ingrained in our thermo-industrial culture), they can be overwhelming.
Still, AEOTWIP offers hope. It will be a volume some future, forward-thinking, reflective civilization will uncover from the dust and debris of our ruined civilization, and see that we had the ways, just not the will, to correct our mistakes.
I particularly liked the explanations of Joanna Macy’s work. I liked the term “collapsology�, the study of our civilization’s demise. And, I found “thermo-industrial� a good descriptive.
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