Troubled Rhetoric and Communication of Climate Change

Taylor & Francis

The Troubled Rhetoric and Communication of Climate ChangeThe argumentative situation\nAuthor(s): Philip Eubanks\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138064331, 978-1138064331\nSynopsis\nDespite an overwhelming scientific consensus, climate change remains one of the most controversial issues of our time. Focusing on the rhetoric that surrounds the issue of climate change, this groundbreaking book analyses why the debate continues to rage and examines how we should argue when winning the argument really matters. \n\nGoing beyond routine condemnations of the wildest statements made by religious fundamentalists or spokespeople for fossil fuel interests, the book explains the mutually exacerbating problems that permit many of us greet catastrophic predictions with an equivocal shrug. It argues that the argumentative situation around climate change makes a certain kind of skepticism \""fair-minded skepticism\"" not only p.