Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene. Experimental Futures

Dieses Buch bietet eine sehr provokante und interessante Perspektive auf die ökologische Krise, auch wenn die theoretische Tiefe für manche Leser anspruchsvoll sein kann. Die Argumente sind sehr regenierend und regen zum Nachdenken an.

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Strongly recommended read.The title says it all. Staying with the trouble is a brilliant alternative to the prevailing ideas of wiping the slate clean and starting fresh. Departing from the arrogant assumption that we will "get it perfect this time round" we learn to "make with", to build rich futures without destroying presents or pasts.Just reading this book with change your mind. Its language, of simple ideas like "futures" will spur new ways of thinking.Read it!

I usually finish reading every book I start but this one is a stretch and I may just drop it. I am halfway through and it annoys me constantly with the over the top trying to impress difficult language, redundancy and lack of actual content or concepts. After page 5 I could not bear reading the word "critter" one more time. But it comes back. Over and over again.A few interesting ideas in there - could be summed up in a power point.References to some other works of literature seem to be farfetched at times, in my opinion. As if having pulled out just the statements the author needed but out of context they may not represent what the original, cited author had tried to say.And last but not least: The title is just clickbait. Of course, people would connect it to the Ctulhu they may have heard of - and the author is very much aware of it, having to differentiate her Cthulhu from the other to make clear that she does not intend any connection. And she does so by nitpicking on where to put the "h" into the word. Really, not my thing.I was hoping for an inspiring read, especially following the splendid reviews, but felt cheated the more I read.