"To think about the future in this way is itself a form of liberation that might incubate the necessary radical solutions we need."

Ben Ware is the co-director of the Centre for Philosophy and the Visual Arts at King’s College London. Ben has published widely on modern European philosophy, the philosophy of Wittgenstein, continental critical theory and modernist aesthetics. He has published

In Ware's 2024 book, On Extinction:Beginning Again At The End, he argues we must face our apocalyptic future without hesitation. Indeed, Ware argues that we should examine our current reality through the framework of extinction.

“Ben Ware offers a series of incisive and unforgiving readings that guide and impel us through the wreckage of contemporary capitalism.” — Benjamin Noys, author of The Matter of Language