Geoengineering, Persuasion, and the Climate Crisis - A Geologic Rhetoric

Info autore

Ehren Helmut Pflugfelder is associate professor of professional, technical, and scientific writing at Oregon State University. He is the author of Communicating Mobility and Technology: A Material Rhetoric for Persuasive Transportation.

Riassunto

Exposes the deeply worrying state of discourse over geoengineering - the intentional manipulation of the earth’s climate as means to halt or reverse global warming. The book investigates how geoengineering proponents marshal geologic actors into their arguments - and how current discourse could lead to greater exploitation of the earth.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ehren Helmut Pflugfelder
• Editore: The University of Alabama Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.2022
• EAN: 9780817321420
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-2142-0
• Pagine: 256
• Dimensioni: 238 mm x 161 mm x 28 mm
• Peso: 468 g
• Illustrazioni: 5 b&w figures
• Serie: Rhetoric, Culture, and Social; Albma Rhetoric Cult & Soc Crit; Rhetoric Culture and Social Critique; Rhetoric Culture and Social Cr
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata