How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate
Title | How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew J. Hoffman |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 121 |
Release | 2015-03-11 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0804795053 |
Though the scientific community largely agrees that climate change is underway, debates about this issue remain fiercely polarized. These conversations have become a rhetorical contest, one where opposing sides try to achieve victory through playing on fear, distrust, and intolerance. At its heart, this split no longer concerns carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases, or climate modeling; rather, it is the product of contrasting, deeply entrenched worldviews. This brief examines what causes people to reject or accept the scientific consensus on climate change. Synthesizing evidence from sociology, psychology, and political science, Andrew J. Hoffman lays bare the opposing cultural lenses through which science is interpreted. He then extracts lessons from major cultural shifts in the past to engender a better understanding of the problem and motivate the public to take action. How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate makes a powerful case for a more scientifically literate public, a more socially engaged scientific community, and a more thoughtful mode of public discourse.
How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate
Title | How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Hoffman |
Publisher | Stanford Briefs |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015-03-11 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780804794220 |
Though the scientific community largely agrees that climate change is underway, debates about this issue remain fiercely polarized. These conversations have become a rhetorical contest, one where opposing sides try to achieve victory through playing on fear, distrust, and intolerance. At its heart, this split no longer concerns carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases, or climate modeling; rather, it is the product of contrasting, deeply entrenched worldviews. This brief examines what causes people to reject or accept the scientific consensus on climate change. Synthesizing evidence from sociology, psychology, and political science, Andrew J. Hoffman lays bare the opposing cultural lenses through which science is interpreted. He then extracts lessons from major cultural shifts in the past to engender a better understanding of the problem and motivate the public to take action. How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate makes a powerful case for a more scientifically literate public, a more socially engaged scientific community, and a more thoughtful mode of public discourse.
Climate Cultures
Title | Climate Cultures PDF eBook |
Author | Jessica Barnes |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2015-01-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0300198817 |
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our times, yet global solutions have proved elusive. This book draws together cutting-edge anthropological research to uncover new ways of approaching the critical questions that surround climate change. Leading anthropologists engage in three major areas of inquiry: how climate change issues have been framed in previous times compared to present-day discourse, how knowledge about climate change and its impacts is produced and interpreted by different groups, and how imagination plays a role in shaping conceptions of climate change.
Mediating Climate Change
Title | Mediating Climate Change PDF eBook |
Author | Julie Doyle |
Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780754676683 |
Mediating Climate Change explores how practices of mediation and visualisation shape how we think about, address and act upon climate change. Through historical and contemporary case studies drawn from science, media, politics and culture, Doyle identifies the representational problems climate change poses for public and political debate. She explores how climate change can be made more meaningful and calls for a more nuanced understanding of human-environmental relations.
Don't Even Think About It
Title | Don't Even Think About It PDF eBook |
Author | George Marshall |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2015-08-18 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 163286102X |
The director of the Climate Outreach and Information Network explores the psychological mechanism that enables people to ignore the dangers of climate change, using sidebars, cartoons and engaging stories from his years of research to reveal how humans are wired to primarily respond to visible threats.
Confronting Climate Gridlock
Title | Confronting Climate Gridlock PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel S. Cohan |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2022-01-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 030025167X |
An atmospheric scientist explains why global climate change mitigation and energy decarbonization demand American diplomacy, technology, and policy "Daniel Cohan makes a compelling case that the problem of climate change is solvable. Fixing the gridlock on global action requires fixing the gridlock here in the United States of America. Cohan shows how that can be done."--David Victor, University of California, San Diego Professor of environmental engineering Daniel Cohan argues that escaping the gravest perils of climate change will first require American diplomacy, technological innovation, and policy to catalyze decarbonization globally. Combining his own expertise along with insights from more than a hundred interviews with diplomats, scholars, and clean-technology pioneers, Cohan identifies flaws in previous efforts to combat climate change. He highlights opportunities for more successful strategies, including international "climate clubs" and accelerated development of clean energy technologies. Grounded in history and emerging scholarship, this book offers a forward-looking vision of solutions to confronting climate gridlock and a clear-eyed recognition of the challenges to enacting them.
Climate Change as Social Drama
Title | Climate Change as Social Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Smith |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 251 |
Release | 2015-05-05 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 110710355X |
Climate Change as Social Drama looks at the cultural sociology of climate change in public communication.