The Global Environmental Crisis presents a new perspective on our inattention and inaction in the face of a major crisis, recognising that - although we cannot do without scientific knowledge - we cannot exclusively rely on it.
The Global Environmental Crisis presents a new perspective on our inattention and inaction in the face of a major crisis, recognising that - although we cannot do without scientific knowledge - we cannot exclusively rely on it.
John Lie is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Lie's main scholarly interest is social theory. He is the author of Modern Peoplehood (2004). His longstanding interest in the environment has led him to write a book on sustainability - Japan, the Sustainable Society (2021) - and our inattention to and inaction on the global environmental crisis.
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AcknowledgmentsPreface 1. Belated Knowledge 2. Fate and Hubris 3. Utopian Imagination Postface Appendix: Modes of Denial and ProcrastinationReferences
