Metanarrative and the Environment - A Story of Morality, Agency, and Governance

To meet the challenge of global environmental degradation activists have tackled clear and concrete problems such as carbon emissions, climate change and more. In Metanarrative and the Environment, Stephen James Purdey argues that material approaches to the environmental crisis cannot succeed without the power of a new metanarrative.

List of contents

Part I
The Scope and Impact of Metanarrative
Chapter 1: Metanarrative: An Introduction
Chapter 2: Narrative Protocol and the Moral Turn
Chapter 3: Global Governance in Contemporary Culture
Chapter 4: The Story of Progress and Prosperity
Chapter 5: The Folly of Growth and the New Metanarrative
Part II
Morality and Agency
Chapter 6: An Introduction to Dualism, Monism, and the Problem of Reconciliation
Chapter 7: The Material and Transcendent Worlds
Chapter 8: The New Metanarrative: Some Ontological Considerations
Chapter 9: Agency and the Evolution of Metanarrative
Chapter 10: The End and the Beginning

About the author

Stephen James Purdey is an International Relations specialist (PhD, University of Toronto). His academic research focuses on the theoretical and normative attributes of systems of global governance, and on the practical evolution of new forms of global governance to meet current socio-ecological challenges. Now retired, Dr. Purdey worked for several years in the private sector, in Canadian federal politics, and with non- governmental organizations such as the United Nations Association, the World Federalists, and the Earth Council.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen James Purdey, Purdey Stephen James
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032647050
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3264705-0
• No. of pages: 138
• Series: Routledge Research in Environmental Policy and Politics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Climate Change, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Environmental policy & protocols, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Environmental policy and protocols