Book review : Island futures : Caribbean survival in the Anthropocene

Abstract

To what extent are current approaches to disaster recovery and development just? Can we secure sustainable futures in the (post-) Anthropocene? Mimi Sheller’s book, Island futures: Caribbean survival in the Anthropocene, offers approaches to “just recovery” through articulations of “countergeographies, countermobilities [and] various alternative ontologies” (p. 23). These approaches connect to historically grounded conceptions of the environment and suggest creative linkages to the future, emphasizing visions for transnational solidarities that are deeply seated within radical Caribbean traditions. Against the backdrop of relentless struggles to address climate change impacts, this monograph effectively disrupts and challenges our “presentist”, myopic perspectives toward disaster recovery and reconstruction.