Presentation short abstract

This article examines the apocalyptic climate imaginary as a biopolitical formation that organises life and shapes how futures are imagined and governed. Building on Foucault and Lemke, we trace three orientations —avoidance, preparation, and endurance—through which collapse is lived and contested.

Presentation long abstract

This article examines the apocalyptic climate imaginary as a biopolitical formation. Rather than a singular rupture, climate collapse appears as a chronic, uneven condition shaping how futures are imagined and governed. Building on Foucault and Lemke, we analyze how this imaginary organizes life through knowledge regimes, hierarchies of worth, and subject formation. We trace three overlapping orientations—avoidance, preparation, and endurance—through which collapse is lived and contested. These strategies reveal how responsibility is redistributed, survival is differentially secured, and new practices of care and resistance emerge. The apocalyptic climate imaginary thus functions as both governance and site of struggle.