Indigenous thinker and leader Ailton Krenak exposes the destructive tendencies of our ¿civilization¿: rampant consumerism, environmental devastation and a narrow and restricted understanding of humanity¿s place on this Earth.<br/><br/> For many centuries, Brazil¿s Indigenous peoples have bravely faced threats of total annihilation and, in extremely adverse conditions, have reinvented their lives and communities. At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the rest of the world to reconsider its lifestyle, Ailton Krenak¿s clear and urgent thinking emerges with newfound impact and offers a vital perspective on the enormous challenges we face today: the ravages of the pandemic and the devastation caused by global warming, to name just two.<br/><br/> Krenak questions the value of going back to normal when ¿normal¿ is a vision of humanity divorced from nature, actively destroying the planet and digging deep trenches of inequality between peoples and societies. The ¿civilized¿ world