Meaning of collapsology | Babel Free

Definitions

The transdisciplinary study of the collapse of industrial civilization, and what might succeed it.

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Examples

“This will be the true purpose of collapsology, which we define⟳ as the transdisciplinary study⟳ of the collapse of our industrial civilization, and what might succeed⟳ it, based on the two cognitive modes of reason⟳ and intuition and on recognized scientific studies.”

“For the authors of the Jean Jaurès study⟳, the political scientist Jérôme Fourquet and the pollster Jean-Philippe Dubrulle, collapsology is driven at least in part by economic factors.”

“Collapsology has been likened to the cultural equivalent of an advance directive in the medical world, whereby you specify⟳ what actions should be taken for your health if you are no longer able to make⟳ decisions[…]”

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