Unmuting the Brutes: Human and Non-human After the Collapse of ‘Civilization’

The idea of the ‘human’ dates back to the founding of modernity, now hurtling towards collapse. As this process intensifies it may bring about a fundamental reconsideration of modern ideas regarding which entities possess such attributes as agency, speech, and reason. If so what kinds of narratives and knowledge traditions can we turn to for guidance about what might lie ahead?

Speaker: Amitav Ghosh, Author