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Roy Scranton is an American author, essayist, and professor known for his works on climate change, war, and philosophy. He teaches English at the University of Notre Dame and has written several acclaimed books including 'Learning to Die in the Anthropocene' and 'We're Doomed.
Known for: Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress
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Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress
In this book, Roy Scranton explores the cultural, philosophical, and existential dimensions of the climate crisis. He argues that humanity faces not only environmental and political challenges but also a cognitive and narrative impasse that prevents us from truly grasping the scale and implications of global warming. Through literary and philosophical reflection, Scranton calls for a new realism that confronts the limits of progress and rethinks our relationship with the planet.
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Historical Framing: The Enlightenment and the Foundations of Progress
To understand how humanity arrived at the impasse, we must revisit the Enlightenment, that dazzling moment when European thinkers began to see history as a process of rational advancement. Emerging from religious and feudal worlds, they imagined human reason as the engine of liberation. Figures like...
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The Myth of Progress
If the Enlightenment gave birth to progress, industrial modernity turned it into religion. We built nations and economies upon the promise that tomorrow would always be better than today. We measured success by GDP, by technological breakthroughs, by the speed of machines and markets. Progress becam...
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About Roy Scranton
Roy Scranton is an American author, essayist, and professor known for his works on climate change, war, and philosophy. He teaches English at the University of Notre Dame and has written several acclaimed books including 'Learning to Die in the Anthropocene' and 'We're Doomed. Now What?'. His writin...
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Roy Scranton is an American author, essayist, and professor known for his works on climate change, war, and philosophy. He teaches English at the University of Notre Dame and has written several acclaimed books including 'Learning to Die in the Anthropocene' and 'We're Doomed. Now What?'. His writin...
Roy Scranton is an American author, essayist, and professor known for his works on climate change, war, and philosophy. He teaches English at the University of Notre Dame and has written several acclaimed books including 'Learning to Die in the Anthropocene' and 'We're Doomed. Now What?'. His writing often blends literary analysis with environmental and existential inquiry.
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Roy Scranton is an American author, essayist, and professor known for his works on climate change, war, and philosophy. He teaches English at the University of Notre Dame and has written several acclaimed books including 'Learning to Die in the Anthropocene' and 'We're Doomed.
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