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Conclusion: Reflections on Activism and Hope in a Dying World and Suicidal Culture

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The Politics of Total Liberation

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We are winning some battles in the fight for a decent and viable world for humans, animals, and the environment.

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  1. See Bill McKibben, “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math,” Rolling Stone, July 19, 2012, http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global -warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719.

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  2. See Mike Davis, “Welcome to the Next Epoch,” Tom Dispatch.com, June 26, 2008, http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174949/mike_davis_welcome_to_the_next_epoch.

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  3. Bill McKibben, The End of Nature ( New York: Random House, 2006 ).

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  4. Michael Boulter, Extinction: Evolution and the End of Man ( New York: Columbia University Press, 2005 ), p. 183.

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  5. Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed ( New York: Penguin, 2011 ).

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  6. David Korten, The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community ( San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler, 2006 ).

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Best, S. (2014). Conclusion: Reflections on Activism and Hope in a Dying World and Suicidal Culture. In: The Politics of Total Liberation. Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137440723_7

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