![]() ![]() The time when a smooth transition might have been possible is past. If we are to get through what is coming without collapse, then the curve for change is getting ever steeper. We can’t take refuge behind academic specialism, if the cost of doing so is that no-one asks the really big questions, like I ask in this book, such as is this civilisation finished?īut yes, indirectly I think the climate science does support this claim. Though of course the task is actually way too big for any one person. ![]() That is what, as a philosopher, I seek to offer. ![]() It’s about a whole systems-analysis and understanding. Rupert Read: It’s not just about climate science. What, exactly, do you mean by this? And does the climate science support this statement? Ian Sinclair: One of your central messages in the book is “This civilization as we know it is finished”. With his new book Why Climate Breakdown Matters just out, Ian Sinclair asked Read about why he thinks this civilization is finished, the importance of telling the truth about the climate crisis and where the green movement goes from here. Professor Rupert Read has devoted a huge amount of his life to green politics – as a Green Party member, councillor, parliamentary candidate and spokesperson, as an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, and in 2019 as a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion, appearing on BBC Question Time. “This civilization as we know it is finished”: Rupert Read interview ![]()
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