Apocalyptic narratives are attempts to structure the existential reality of an end that is inherently built into the fabric of life.

“the Apocalypse in some ways is always upon us and you write about that in your book I mean because people might ask well why has mankind always been consumed at the narrative level with Notions of the end of the world and the answer to that is at least in part because we always inhabit demarcated co”

Human beings are perpetually fascinated by apocalyptic narratives, partly because they find a sense of consolation in the idea that their inevitable personal end is shared by everyone.

“we know what that's like because some time or another in our lives we encounter death the death of a grandparent a parent of a friend we also see things being destroyed we see buildings uh collapse or Bridges uh we see fires consume areas of Woodland so we know what dissolution looks like not just f”