Online: Inspirations from civilisations which knew they were failing

Join Rupert Read and Jem Bendell online on July 7th for the first open salon of the Metacrisis Initiative. They will be joined by Helena Norberg-Hodge and other guest experts in discussing: ‘Inspirations from civilisations which knew they were failing’.

Five years ago, they edited a collection on Deep Adaptation, from Polity Press, which explored the implications of collapse anticipation for a variety of intellectual fields, from climatology to psychology, and from education to politics. One area that it did not include was archaeology, particularly insights from the collapse of past civilisations. As the topic of societal decline and collapse has grown in the public conversation over recent years, so has curiosity about past civilisations. Rupert and Jem are teaming up again to review the relevant scholarship, and how it might help inspire and inform conversations today about how to respond to societies that appear to be breaking down, or are about to. 

The salon will be online from 5pm UK time. Register now to confirm your spot.