Indigenous thinker and leader Ailton Krenak exposes the destructive tendencies of our -civilization-: rampant consumerism, environmental devastation and a narrow and restricted understanding of humanity-s place on this Earth.
For many centuries, Brazil-s Indigenous peoples have bravely faced threats of total annihilation and, in extremely adverse conditions, have reinvented their lives and communities. At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the rest of the world to reconsider its lifestyle, Ailton Krenak-s clear and urgent thinking emerges with newfound impact and offers a vital perspective on the enormous challenges we face today: the ravages of the pandemic and the devastation caused by global warming, to name just two.
Krenak questions the value of going back to normal when -normal- is a vision of humanity divorced from nature, actively destroying the planet and digging deep trenches of inequality between peoples and societies. The -civilized- world
