Raul P. Lejano (Professor, Professor, New York University, School o, Shondel J. Nero (Professor of Lang Professor of Language Education

The Power of Narrative

Climate Skepticism and the Deconstruction of Science

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Power of Narrative provides fresh insight into the rhetorical and semantic properties on both sides of the climate change debate that preclude dialogue around climate science, and proposes a means for moving beyond ideological entrenchment through language mediation, further ethnographic study, and research-informed teaching.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 153mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 296g
• ISBN-13: 9780197661826
• ISBN-10: 0197661823
• Artikelnr.: 65831395

Autorenporträt

Raul P. Lejano is a Professor at New York University where he teaches environmental policy and sustainability education. He applies his expertise in the complex logics of collective action to the design of the resilient city, addressing vulnerabilities to climate change and environmental hazard, and environmental justice. Shondel J. Nero is Professor of Language Education at New York University. She is a Fulbright scholar whose research critically examines the linguistic and educational experiences of Creole English speakers in the US and the Caribbean, language and identity, and language education policy.

Inhaltsangabe

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Ideology as Narrative
Chapter 3. When Skepticism Became Public
Chapter 4. Skeptics Without Borders
Chapter 5. Unpacking the Genetic Meta-Narrative
Chapter 6. The Social Construction of Climate Science
Chapter 7. Ideological narratives and beyond in a post-truth world
Bibliography
Index