History at the end of the world? : history, climate change and the possibility of closure /

This collection of essays proposes that climate change means serious peril. Our argument, however, is not about the science per se. It is about us, our deep and more recent history, and how we arrived at this calamitous impasse. With contributions from academic activists and independent researchers,...

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Other Authors: Levene, Mark, 1953-, Johnson, Rob, Roberts, Penny
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Penrith : HEB Humanities-Ebooks, ©2010.
Series:Humanities insights
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Deep history
  • pt. 2. Harbingers of the end
  • pt. 3. The debate about the enlightenment and modernity
  • pt. 4. Coming to terms with a recent historical legacy
  • pt. 5. Countdown to self-annihilation
  • pt. 6. Surviving catastrophie : creating conditions for renewal.