Hospicing Modernity invites us to participate in a form of fieldwork that connects the very sense of who ‘we’ are with global legacies of harm that modernity and coloniality have wrought. Modernity, she claims, is not about being contemporary or cutting edge, nor is it about technology or science. There are clues to how we find the paths that lead to the unknown world ahead, beyond the end of the world as we know it.

This produces a unique intellectual practice, full of fresh insight and ideas with the power to challenge her readers.The claim at the heart of this book is that modernity is an all-embracing mindset that dominates the contemporary world. Asking the question ‘What if racism, colonialism, and all other forms of toxic and contagious divisions are preventable social diseases?

Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit. The book “ Hospicing Modernity: Facing Humanity’s Wrongs and the Implications for Social Activism” was published in September 2021.We take more than we give; we inoculate ourselves in positive self-regard while continuing to make harmful choices; we wreak irreparable havoc on the ecosystems, habitats, and beings with whom we share our planet. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit. She explains how our habits, behaviors, and belief systems hold us back…and why it’s time now to gradually disinvest. The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. Driven by expansion, colonialism, and resource extraction and propelled by neoliberalism and rabid consumption, our world is profoundly out of balance.