Violence of Climate Change - Lessons of Resistance From Nonviolent Activists

Informationen zum Autor Kevin J. O'Brien is dean of humanities and associate professor of Christian ethics at Pacific Lutheran University. He is the author of The Ethics of Biodiversity , coeditor of Grounding Religion , and coauthor of An Introduction to Christian Environmentalism . He holds a PhD from Emory University. Klappentext Climate change is viewed as a primarily scientific, economic, or political issue. While acknowledging the legitimacy of these perspectives, Kevin J. O'Brien argues that we should respond to climate change first and foremost as a case of systematic and structural violence. Zusammenfassung Climate change is viewed as a primarily scientific! economic! or political issue. While acknowledging the legitimacy of these perspectives! the author argues that we should respond to climate change first and foremost as a case of systematic and structural violence.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin O'Brien, Kevin J O'Brien, Kevin J. O'Brien, Kevin J. O''brien, O'Brien Kevin J.
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781626164352
• ISBN: 978-1-62616-435-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: The Violence of Climate Change; The Violence of Climate Change
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Christianity, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religious ethics, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics & Moral Teaching