Trump’s second presidency: How our deepest fears can shape political outcomes

By James K. Rowe, Associate Professor of Political Ecology, University of Victoria

Why do social injustices and ecological harms persist despite the powerful social movements that have arisen throughout history to counter them?

In my new book, Radical Mindfulness: Why Transforming the Fear of Death Is Politically Vital, I argue that social movements have been mostly missing a main target — the fear of death that regularly shapes bad human behaviour.

Birth and death — the two bookends to our lives — are largely beyond our control.…

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