How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (883 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00U2YM70K |
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| Number of Pages | : | 418 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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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. These conversations have become a rhetorical contest, one where opposing sides try to achieve victory through playing on fear, distrust, and intolerance. Synthesizing evidence from sociology, psychology, and political science, Andrew J. 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.. Hoffman lays bare the opposing cultural lenses through which science is interpreted. This brief examines what causes people to reject or accept the scientific consensus on climate change. 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. Though the scientific community largely agrees that climate change is underway, debates about this issue remain fiercely polarized
So, in order to build trust, we must go to them with credible messengers and affirm their truth. Concerned citizens and activists should also be able to mine many interesting and useful nuggets of information and advice from the book that can help them reach across the divide and build crosscutting alliances that are so critical for any meaningful progress to occur on climate change." (Ajay Sharma Science & Education)"Andrew is so right: 'It's about values, not science.' We learn values and their application from people we trust. He asserts that public perception of the climate change debate is ro
David W. Stookey said Succinct tips for any dialog on globalwarming. If some of your well-educated thoughtful friends believe the country is in grave danger from human-caused climate change while other well-read intelligent friends are equally adamant that no such process or danger exists, you may be puzzled by this disconnect across America. If so, this book is for you.Hoffman explains the underlying causes of this division (which have almost nothing to do with. Amazon Customer said Very useful for Climate Change Communication. The book is a typical Social Scientists exploration of the different reasons why the general public, excluding scientists, either accept or reject the science or the factual information proving the degradation of our dear Planet Earth, mainly as a consequence of the human activities of burning fossil fuel over the last decades or century. The author seem to suggest that the vast institution and. Great advice for communicating about climate change I purchased this book to see if it would work as a resource in a class on human impact on/ of climate change I am teaching next fall. I am really glad I did! How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate explores the social and political dimensions of resistance to thinking about climate change, identity politics, and the importance of considering the words we use to discuss scientific topics in
. Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan. and Barbara M. Hoffman is Professor of Sustainable Enterprise and Director of the Frederick A. Andrew J