Global Environmental Crisis - The Limitations of Scientific Knowledge Necessity of Utopian

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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).

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: John Lie, Lie John
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032887241
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3288724-1
• No. of pages: 112
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Social research & statistics, Environmental policy & protocols, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Social research and statistics, Environmental policy and protocols