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8. Climate Change Denial: ‘Making Ignorance Great Again’

verfasst von : Reece Walters

Erschienen in: Ignorance, Power and Harm

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The denial of climate change and its negative consequences for global environments is pervasive in certain corridors of corporate and political power. This agnosia by powerful elites is a substantial contributor to global environmental degradation and destruction. This chapter explores the power of ignorance and argues that political dismissiveness of climate change is a recipe to exploit the environment for political and profitable purposes. Moreover, it argues that ignorance, defined as ‘unjustifiable belief’, provides those in positions of power and entitlement to assert their own unquestioning expertise within an ideological bias that not only furthers their political and capital aspirations but endangers the planet.

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Metadaten
Titel
Climate Change Denial: ‘Making Ignorance Great Again’
verfasst von
Reece Walters
Copyright-Jahr
2018
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97343-2_8

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