The Global Environmental Crisis: The Limitations of Scientific Knowledge and the Necessity of Utopian...

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John Lie

The Global Environmental Crisis

The Limitations of Scientific Knowledge and the Necessity of Utopian Imagination

John Lie

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Routledge
19 November 2024

Social research & statistics; Environmentalist thought & ideology

The Global Environmental Crisis presents a new perspective on our inattention and inaction in the face of a major crisis.

We cannot proceed without scientific knowledge, but we cannot exclusively rely on it. What we need, in addition to scientific knowledge, is utopian imagination to make us understand the nature of the crisis and to suggest an alternative vision of a viable future.

This book is an essential resource for students and instructors across the social sciences, especially sociology and environmental studies. It will also be a crucial and accessible text for general readers interested in climate change and how to imagine a better world for themselves and future generations.

By: John Lie
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9781032873961
ISBN 10: 1032873965
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 19 November 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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

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).