Chris Begley discussing and signing The Next Apocalypse – The Art and Science of Survival

Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 7:00pm
161 Lexington Green Cir B
Lexington, KY 40503

Chris Begley discussing and signing The Next Apocalypse – The Art and Science of Survival

Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm EST

LOCATION: Joseph-Beth Lexington

Join us for Chris Begley discussing and signing The Next Apocalypse – The Art and Science of Survival.  

In this insightful book, an underwater archaeologist and survival coach shows how understanding the collapse of civilizations can help us prepare for a troubled future.

Pandemic, climate change, or war: our era is ripe with the odor of doomsday. In movies, books, and more, our imaginations run wild with visions of dreadful, abandoned cities and returning to the land in a desperate attempt at survival.

In The Next Apocalypse, archaeologist Chris Begley argues that we completely misunderstand how disaster works. Examining past collapses of civilizations, such as the Maya and Rome, he argues that these breakdowns are actually less about cataclysmic destruction than they are about long processes of change. In short: it’s what happens after the initial uproar that matters. Some people abandon their homes and neighbors; others band together to start anew. As we anticipate our own fate, Begley tells us that it was communities, not lone heroes, who survived past apocalypses—and who will survive the next.

Fusing archaeology, survivalism, and social criticism, The Next Apocalypse is an essential read for anxious times.

Chris Begley is an underwater archeologist, wilderness survival instructor, and a professor of anthropology at Transylvania University. He has worked and led groups through Central and South America and the Mediterranean. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

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$28.00
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ISBN: 9781541675285
Published: Basic Books - November 16th, 2021