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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780947903321

Titolo

Climate change and philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : transformational possibilities / / edited by Ruth Irwin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum, c2010

ISBN

1-282-59078-2

9786612590788

1-4411-9961-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Continuum studies in philosophy

Classificazione

43.30

Altri autori (Persone)

IrwinRuth <1968->

Disciplina

551.601

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Philosophy

Climatology - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part One: Questioning Modernity; Chapter 1: Field, Being, Climate: Climate Philosophy and Cognitive Evolution; Chapter 2: Nature in the Active Voice; Chapter 3: Reflections on Modern Climate Change and Finitude; Part Two: Transforming Global Politics; Chapter 4: Changing Worldviews to Cope with a Changing Climate; Chapter 5: Education at the End of Nature: Learning to Cope with Climate Change; Chapter 6: Education against Climate Change: Information and Technological Focus Are Not Enough; Part Three: Global Environmental Justice

Chapter 7: Climate Change Education in a Context of Risk and VulnerabilityChapter 8: Myths of Climate Change: Deckchairs and Development; Part Four: Liberal Responsibility; Chapter 9: Mediated Responsibilities, Global Warming, and the Scope of Ethics; Chapter 10: Transforming Resource Use in the Light of Climate Change; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W

Sommario/riassunto

This is a hugely important collection of essays that examines the significance of philosophical inquiry in relation to the issue of climate change. ""Climate Change and Philosophy"" presents ten original essays by an international team of expert contributors, exploring the



important contribution philosophical inquiry can make to contemporary debates to do with climate change and the global environment. Examining this hugely topical issue through the lens of environmental philosophy, political theory, philosophy of technology, philosophy of education and feminist theory, these essays interrogat