Humanity's Last Stand

"Humanity’s Last Stand is a call to arms to elevate our thinking to the species level or, Schuller cautions, the species will face extinction." -- Cynthia McKinney * activist and former Congresswoman, from the foreword *
"Schuller's brilliant book is critical reading for all of us who work to envision, and bring into being, a socially and ecologically just world. Grounded in a politics of solidarity built through the understanding of, and dismantling of privilege, he mobilizes a new vision for what 'an anthropological imagination' can afford us in terms of activist practice and radical empathy." -- Paige West * editor of From Reciprocity to Relationality: Anthropological Possibilities *
"An urgent and much needed contribution to our world in crisis. Schuller lays out crucial ground work for how an anthropological reimagining of global social, political, and economic relationships can save us from ourselves. In clear prose he shows the public how anthropology can be deployed as a way to create more empathy in these troubling times." -- Jason De León * author of The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail *
“Humanity’s Last Stand is an electrifying work that dissects a range of interconnected problems—climate change, ultra-right nationalism, and global inequality—and proposes concrete steps to avert total catastrophe. This highly readable book is prescient, if not premonitory. It is essential reading for anyone interested in our species' long-term survival. Anthropology at its finest!” -- Roberto J. González * author of Connected: How a Mexican Village Created Its Own Cell Phone Network *
"Mark Schuller’s approach to the convergent crises pushing us toward human catastrophe and planetary disaster should be taken to heart. With admirable conviction and commitment to radical empathy and pragmatic solidarity, he makes a bold argument for a publicly-engaged anthropological imagination that contributes a holistic understanding of and concrete solutions to urgent global crises." -- Faye V. Harrison * author of Outsider Within: Reworking Anthropology in the Global Age *
“Mark Schuller takes anthropology to the public with critical insights on the historical and contemporary that expose the catastrophic and complex realities of global racial capitalism. He implores the willing to forge futures where differences matter and praxis of solidarity are intentionally quotidian. Humanity’s Last Stand is a pivotal ecological intervention for these times of crisis.” -- Gina Athena Ulysse * author of Because When God is Too Busy: Haiti, me & THE WORLD *
"Mark Schuller has an 'in your face' and challenging style. It conveys his passion and the urgency of the situation addressed in the book. It is more than appropriate--it is engaging. Humanity's Last Stand is an important intervention at a moment of economic, political, cultural, and ecological crisis in the United States and the world. This is a book that has the potential to change the minds of many." -- Kevin Yelvington * editor of Afro-Atlantic Dialogues: Anthropology in the Diaspora *
"When I finished reading, I needed to catch my breath. The book is furiously and forcefully written, engaging both historical and contemporary issues. Most productively, Schuller puts analyses written by political organizers and anthropologists into conversation, showing how they inform each other and move us forward together. This book is needed for this moment in history." -- Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz * author of Labor and Legality: An Ethnography of a Mexican Immigrant Network *
“Humanity’s Last Stand illustrates how we are living in a moment of great turmoil and great possibilities for transformation. This is a timely text for activists and scholars committed to collective liberation. Dr. Schuller not only makes it clear that we are all connected, he makes a compelling case for us all to center the environment, and land, as stewards — not owners.” -- Charlene A. Carruthers * author of Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements *
"[Schuller's] invitation to use anthropology to imagine new ways of organizing society and economics is well taken." * Kirkus Reviews *
"Schuller offers this not as a replacement for more traditional world systems theories (such as Marxism) but as a complement, one meant to guide the way to understanding that all struggles for a just world are tied to one another and all are mutually dependent upon all the others; understanding from the bottom up, if you will, to complement analysis from the top down." * Truthout *
"Off the Presses: ‘Humanity’s Last Stand" by Dan Aubrey * U.S. 1 Community News *