Discourses of Global Climate Change: Apocalyptic framing... - Anshelm, Jonas

Taylor & Francis

Discourses of Global Climate ChangeApocalyptic framing and political antagonisms\nAuthor(s): Jonas Anshelm, Martin Hultman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138201330, 978-1138201330\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the arguments made by political actors in the creation of antagonistic discourses on climate change. Using in-depth empirical research from Sweden, a country considered by the international political community to be a frontrunner in tackling climate change, it draws out lessons that contribute to the worldwide environmental debate.\n\nThe book identifies and analyses four globally circulated discourses that call for very different action to be taken to achieve sustainability: Industrial fatalism, Green Keynesianism, Eco-socialism and Climate scepticism. Drawing on risk society and post-political theory, it elaborates concepts such as industrial modern masculinity and ecomodern utopia, exploring how it is.