{"product_id":"petrified-living-during-a-rupture-of-life-on-earth-hardcover","title":"Petrified: Living During a Rupture of Life on Earth - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoshua Wodak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rupture of life on Earth is currently unfolding. What, then, does this rupture signify, not only in terms of being alive \u003cem\u003eduring\u003c\/em\u003e such an upheaval, but also in terms of being alive \u003cem\u003eto\u003c\/em\u003e upheaval itself? \u003cem\u003ePetrified: Living During a Rupture of Life on Earth\u003c\/em\u003e takes the reader on a journey deep into the nature of our home, to give us the tools to learn how, in the middle of that rupture, to comport ourselves with honesty, clarity, culpability and intelligence. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe purpose of this journey is straightforward: to formulate the basis of a philosophy for living during this rupture of life on earth. A philosophy for living in the twenty-first-and-last century of life as we have known it on our planet. A toolkit, as it were, for living at the confluence between being petrified at the prospect of extinction, and becoming petrified in the most real and physical sense. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLyrical, playful, and deadly serious, \u003cem\u003ePetrified\u003c\/em\u003e aims to provide a new worldview for a new world coming, creating a present-day fable about achieving fidelity to the vicissitudes of the cosmos. Wherein, the book asks: if desperate times call for desperate measures, how can the response be measured against its only true correlate - the cosmos? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dr \u003cstrong\u003eJoshua Wodak\u003c\/strong\u003e is an artist, writer, and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, Australia. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 374\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52636741042483,"sku":"9783111381732","price":157.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/5OXLC6dw8f9783111381732.webp?v=1762278765","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/petrified-living-during-a-rupture-of-life-on-earth-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}