An Apocalypse Without Kingdom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23197922 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Émile P Torres (0000-0003-4420-9159, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Pages | 1-20 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Human Extinction (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781003246251-1 |
| OpenAlex | W4376876796 |
| ISBN | 9781003246251 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This chapter establishes a number of fundamental ideas that will appear throughout the rest of the book. It introduces the notion of an existential mood and proposes that the subfield of philosophy focused on understanding the ethical and evaluative implications of our extinction should be labeled “Existential Ethics.” It also provides an overview of the five existential moods that have occurred throughout Western history, from the Presocratics of Ancient Greece to contemporary work on so-called “existential risks,” as well as the four “waves” within Existential Ethics. These histories are labeled “History #1” and “History #2,” respectively. Although the idea of human extinction was entertained by many people in the ancient world, the rise of Christianity in the fourth and fifth centuries CE almost completely “blocked” it from view until the nineteenth century, when the influence of religion began to decline in the West.
Kingdom · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Geology · History · Paleontology · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |