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Living in denial : climate change, emotions, and everyday life /Kari Marie Norgaard

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: Brijwasi Book Distributors | ;H-87,Lalita Park,Laxmi Nagar,Delhi-110092Series: Book collections on Project MUSE.; UPCC book collections on Project MUSE., Global Cultural Studies SupplementPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press , ©2011.Description: xix, 279 pages ;26 cmISBN:
  • 9780262515856
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 304.25 NOR
Contents:
Boundaries and moral order : an introduction to life in Bygdaby -- "Experiencing" global warming : troubling events and public silence -- "People want to protect themselves a little bit" : the why of denial -- The cultural tool kit, part one : cultural cultural norms of attention, emotion, and conversation -- The cultural tool kit, part two : telling stories of mythic nations -- Climate change as background noise in the United States.
Summary: Global warming is the most significant environmental issue of our time, yet public response in Western nations has been meager. Why have so few taken any action? In this book sociologist Kari Norgaard searches for answers to this question.
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Boundaries and moral order : an introduction to life in Bygdaby --
"Experiencing" global warming : troubling events and public silence --
"People want to protect themselves a little bit" : the why of denial --
The cultural tool kit, part one : cultural cultural norms of attention, emotion, and conversation --
The cultural tool kit, part two : telling stories of mythic nations --
Climate change as background noise in the United States.


Global warming is the most significant environmental issue of our time, yet public response in Western nations has been meager. Why have so few taken any action? In this book sociologist Kari Norgaard searches for answers to this question.

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