Main entry:

Stengers, Isabelle, author.

Title & Author:

In catastrophic times : resisting the coming barbarism / by Isabelle Stengers ; translated by Andrew Goffey.

Publication:

[Lüneburg?] : Open Humanities Press/Meson Press, 2015.
©2009

Description:

156 pages ; 18 cm.

Series:

Critical climate change

Notes:
First published in French: Au temps des catastrophes. Paris : Empêcheurs de penser en rond : Découverte, ©2009.
"Open Humanities Press is an international, scholar-led open access publishing collective."--Website.
Includes bibliographical references.
Between two histories -- The epoch has changed -- The GMO event -- The intrusion of Gaia -- Capitalism -- Not paying attention! -- A story of three thieves -- Enclosures -- Common causes -- It could be dangerous! -- A threat of regression? -- Stupidity -- Learning -- Operators -- Artifices -- Honoring.
Translated from the French.

Summary:

"There has been an epochal shift: the possibility of a global climate crisis is now upon us. Pollution, the poison of pesticides, the exhaustion of natural resources, falling water tables, growing social inequalities -- these are all problems that can no longer be treated separately. The effects of global warming have a cumulative impact, and it is not a matter of a crisis that will "pass" before everything goes back to "normal." Our governments are totally incapable of dealing with the situation. Economic warfare obliges them to stick to the goal of irresponsible, even criminal, economic growth, whatever the cost. It is no surprise that people were so struck by the catastrophe in New Orleans. The response of the authorities -- to abandon the poor whilst the rich were able to take shelter -- is a symbol of the coming barbarism." -- Publisher's description

ISBN:

9781785420092 (paperback)
1785420097 (paperback)

Subject:

Global environmental change.
Nature Effect of human beings on.
Human ecology.
Global warming Social aspects.
Climatic changes Social aspects.
Globalization Social aspects.
Changement global (Environnement)
Homme Influence sur la nature.
Écologie humaine.
Réchauffement de la Terre Aspect social.
Climat Changements Aspect social.
Mondialisation Aspect social.
human ecology.

Added entries:

Goffey, Andrew, translator.
Critical climate change.

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 292624
Call No.: BIB 236985
Status: Available