The Fanaticism of the Apocalypse: Save the Earth, Punish Human Beings

Bruckner, Pascal

ISBN 10: 0745669778 / ISBN 13: 9780745669779

Edité par Polity, 2014

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Synopsis :

The planet is sick. Human beings are guilty of damaging it. We have to pay. Today, that is the orthodoxy throughout the Western world. Distrust of progress and science, calls for individual and collective self-sacrifice to 'save the planet' and cultivation of fear: behind the carbon commissars, a dangerous and counterproductive ecological catastrophism is gaining ground.

Modern society's susceptibility to this kind of thinking derives from what Bruckner calls "the seductive attraction of disaster," as exemplified by the popular appeal of disaster movies. But ecological catastrophism is harmful in that it draws attention away from other, more solvable problems and injustices in the world in order to focus on something that is portrayed as an Apocalypse.

Rather than preaching catastrophe and pessimism, we need to develop a democratic and generous ecology that addresses specific problems in a practical way.

À propos de l'auteur: A provocative essay on 'ecological catastrophism' from a best-selling author, now available in paperback.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Fanaticism of the Apocalypse: Save the ...
Éditeur : Polity
Date d'édition : 2014
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : very_good