Latest in the 'Anthropocene' series with over 570,000 copies sold! 'Apocalypse of the Anthropocene' by Kohei Saito, available from Shueisha on April 6 (Mon)
Kohei Saito's latest book, 'Apocalypse of the Anthropocene', sequel to the massive bestseller, will be published on April 6, 2026. The book critiques climate collapse and the scarcity economy.
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A highly anticipated original work by the up-and-coming economic thinker Kohei Saito, "Apocalypse of the Anthropocene", will be published by "Shueisha Series Common" on Monday, April 6, 2026.
The era of war, scarcity, and chosen-people fascism has arrived. A compass for surviving the "end of the world"!
This book is the sequel to the bestseller "Capital in the Anthropocene" (Shueisha Shinsho), which has sold over 500,000 copies. The climate crisis warned about in the previous book has worsened beyond expectations, entering a stage called climate collapse.
Climate collapse brought about by capitalism. From there, the world plunges into an economy of extreme scarcity. In modern times, amidst the anxiety of scrambling for resources, a "chosen-people fascism" that discards others is spreading, and wars are breaking out one after another. How can we stop the march toward ruin? The prominent economic thinker presents his secret plan.
[Main Contents]
- The world enters an era of scarcity economy due to climate collapse and war.
- A vicious cycle where scarcity economy leads to endless war, which further worsens scarcity.
- How should we respond to the resource and energy shortages of the Iran War?
- How are tech elites trying to adapt to the "end of the world"?
- Techno-capitalism that entrenches scarcity and inequality.
- What is the trump card to reverse the vicious cycle of anxiety and survive the era of "catastrophe" together?
[What is the Anthropocene?]
A proposed geological epoch distinguished by the severe negative impacts of excessive human economic activity on the Earth's geology and ecosystems. It is generating debate over whether it should be separated from the Holocene, the current official geological epoch.
[Highly Praised by Various Fields!]
■ Yoichi Ochiai (Media Artist)
For the first time in a while, I groaned while underlining in red. A rare book that gets more interesting exactly where you want to argue against it.
■ Seiko Mimaki (International Political Scholar)
Insatiable technological innovation will save humanity—there is no seat for you on the "Noah's Ark" built by the tech elites whispering this. A book that connects radical hope toward universal human salvation.
■ Koichiro Kokubun (Philosopher)
The shock of "dark socialism". This desperate proposal will become our great hope!
■ Kojin Karatani (Thinker)
I share the author's despair that the collapse of various systems due to runaway capitalism is beginning to drive everyone except a wealthy minority into a hellish predicament. The new 'plan' proposed in this book...
The era of war, scarcity, and chosen-people fascism has arrived. A compass for surviving the "end of the world"!
This book is the sequel to the bestseller "Capital in the Anthropocene" (Shueisha Shinsho), which has sold over 500,000 copies. The climate crisis warned about in the previous book has worsened beyond expectations, entering a stage called climate collapse.
Climate collapse brought about by capitalism. From there, the world plunges into an economy of extreme scarcity. In modern times, amidst the anxiety of scrambling for resources, a "chosen-people fascism" that discards others is spreading, and wars are breaking out one after another. How can we stop the march toward ruin? The prominent economic thinker presents his secret plan.
[Main Contents]
- The world enters an era of scarcity economy due to climate collapse and war.
- A vicious cycle where scarcity economy leads to endless war, which further worsens scarcity.
- How should we respond to the resource and energy shortages of the Iran War?
- How are tech elites trying to adapt to the "end of the world"?
- Techno-capitalism that entrenches scarcity and inequality.
- What is the trump card to reverse the vicious cycle of anxiety and survive the era of "catastrophe" together?
[What is the Anthropocene?]
A proposed geological epoch distinguished by the severe negative impacts of excessive human economic activity on the Earth's geology and ecosystems. It is generating debate over whether it should be separated from the Holocene, the current official geological epoch.
[Highly Praised by Various Fields!]
■ Yoichi Ochiai (Media Artist)
For the first time in a while, I groaned while underlining in red. A rare book that gets more interesting exactly where you want to argue against it.
■ Seiko Mimaki (International Political Scholar)
Insatiable technological innovation will save humanity—there is no seat for you on the "Noah's Ark" built by the tech elites whispering this. A book that connects radical hope toward universal human salvation.
■ Koichiro Kokubun (Philosopher)
The shock of "dark socialism". This desperate proposal will become our great hope!
■ Kojin Karatani (Thinker)
I share the author's despair that the collapse of various systems due to runaway capitalism is beginning to drive everyone except a wealthy minority into a hellish predicament. The new 'plan' proposed in this book...