Does the ecological catastrophy necessitate the provincialization of humanity itself?

Climate overshoot, technological acceleration and end-time fascism: Modernity is propelling the entire human race towards the brink of destruction. To deal with the crises at hand, Dipesh Chakratbarty argues, we need to find ways to go beyond the entrenched thought systems, structures of domination and material infrastructures that separate us from each other as well as from the web of life we belong to. Known for his contributions to decolonial thought, the historian later turned towards Earth System Science, arguing for the decentering of human agency and rethinking of politics from beyond the human vantage point. Dipesh Chakratbarty joins Dissens to talk about the project of provincializing humanity, degrowth for the uber rich and the indigineous experience as a source for planetary liberation.

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In the year 2026, Dipesh Chakrabarty will hold the Benjamin Chair at the Centre of Social Critique in Berlin. A quarter of a century after the publication of his seminal work, Provincializing Europe, the author will pose the question of whether the multiple ecological catastrophes that have befallen the planet necessitate the provincialization of humanity itself. Under the title "A Second Decline of the West?" Chakrabarty will lay out his ideas in three lectures on June 23rd, 24th and 25th from 6 to 8pm. The lectures will be held in the "Haus der Kulturen der Welt" (HKW) in Berlin. Admission is free and registration is not required, the number of seats in the Miriam Makeba Auditorium is limited to 950.

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Dipesh Chakrabarty is an internationally acclaimed historian and a foundational figure of the Subaltern Studies. He is famous for his contributions to post-colonial and decolonial thought, best known for this essay "Provincializing Europe", where he deconstructed Eurocentric notions of history and progress. Chakrabarty later turned to Earth System Science advancing an perspective that collapses the distinction between human and natural history as well as arguing for a planetary perspective, rethinking freedom and progress from beyond the human point of view. Among his latest publications are "The Climate of History in a Planetary Age" (2021), and "One Planet, Many Worlds: The Climate Parallax" (2023).

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