John Lie

The Global Environmental Crisis (eBook, PDF)

The Limitations of Scientific Knowledge and the Necessity of Utopian Imagination

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 126
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040256206
• Artikelnr.: 72255478

Autorenporträt

John Lie is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he teaches social theory. His books include Modern Peoplehood (2004) and Japan, the Sustainable Society (2021).

Inhaltsangabe

AcknowledgmentsPreface
1. Belated Knowledge
2. Fate and Hubris
3. Utopian Imagination
Postface
Appendix: Modes of Denial and ProcrastinationReferences