On Un/Certainty: The Uses of Doubt in Dangerous Times

We live in uncertain times. But what does uncertainty mean for our ability to act?

While politicians, CEOs, and pundits reflexively invoke “uncertain times” to explain everything from pandemic responses to climate inaction, journalist and theorist Natasha Lennard offers a radical intervention. Lennard demonstrates how our obsession with uncertainty masks the violent certainties that dominate our fracturing world.

On Un/Certainty applies philosophical insight to political practice, offering re...