In this talk, the indigenous thinker and philosopher Ailton Krenak urges us to take seriously the value of the indigenous philosophies of the Americas when it comes to confronting the climate change crisis. The author of Ideas to Postpone the End of the World and A Vida Não Útil (Life is Not Useful), here Krenak offers a trenchant critique of the extent to which an understanding of the earth as a resource to be exploited has taken hold in the wake of globalization, as well as how the logic of consumption is enabled by the “cognitive abyss”—our inability to listen and to see what is happening to the world.

This event will be in Portuguese. Interpretation to English will be provided.

This event is organized by the The Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life (IRCPL). It is cosponsored by the The Environmental Justice, Belief Systems, and Aesthetic Experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean working group at the Center for the Study of Social Difference and the Institute of Latin American Studies.

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