In 2019, as the world was on the brink of facing one of the most significant pandemics in recent history, Ailton Krenak, a Brazilian indigenous leader, environmentalist, and philosopher, published a book titled Ideas to Postpone the End of the World. This brief booklet, comprising slightly more than 80 pages, came into circulation at a critical juncture, providing both reassurance and a cautionary message to humanity during a time when it observed the rapid evolution of history.
Krenak explains to us how his indigenous ancestors used creativity and poetry to resist the barbarism of civilization, considering the process of homogenization proposed by white men, which, among many other interferences, took not only the lives of indigenous peoples but also all the nature around them. However, more than narrating the woes of his people, the author makes us realize that this threat not only still exists, but also extends to all of us.
