Revolution Will be Hilarious & Other Essays, The
Is the world coming to an end? And what can we do about it? In the face of today's ecological and political dangers, Krause insists we meet the world with an open mind and learn from a wide variety of traditions. Indeed, if we want our descendants to actually exist, we must rethink our sense of community and foster our political creativity.
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In “The Revolution Will Be Hilarious & Other Essays”, Adam Michael Krause describes the environmental and political dangers we face, as well as the mechanisms that keep them in place, while offering ideas on how to extricate ourselves from this terrifying predicament.
While moving between topics like Shakers, Shakespeare, Richard Pryor, John Brown, civil disobedience, the Book of Revelation, and the theory of relativity, Krause’s prose elegantly weaves a cohesive call to action.
With this collection of essays, Krause provides essential reading for anyone who would like our descendants to actually exist.
Adam Michael Krause is an author, musician, activist, and carpenter based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His first book was Art as Politics (2011).
Table of Contents:
Author’s Introduction
1. THE END IS NEAR
2. What is to be Done?
3. The Revolution Will Be Hilarious
4. Time is Not Money
Afterwords