On fire : the (burning) case for a green new deal / Naomi Klein.
By: Klein, Naomi [author.]
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Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2020Copyright date: 2019Edition: First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.Description: xxii, 309 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781982129927; 1982129921.Subject(s): Environmental justice | Environmental policy | Climatic changes | Political culture | Green New Deal | Climatic changes | Environmental justice | Environmental policy | Political culture | Green New DealSummary: Klein at her most prophetic and philosophical, investigating the climate crisis not only as a profound political challenge but also as a spiritual and imaginative one. Delving into topics ranging from the clash between ecological time and our culture of "perpetual now," to the soaring history of humans changing and evolving rapidly in the face of grave threats, to rising white supremacy and fortressed borders as a form of "climate barbarism," this is a rousing call to action for a planet on the brink.
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Includes index.
Klein at her most prophetic and philosophical, investigating the climate crisis not only as a profound political challenge but also as a spiritual and imaginative one. Delving into topics ranging from the clash between ecological time and our culture of "perpetual now," to the soaring history of humans changing and evolving rapidly in the face of grave threats, to rising white supremacy and fortressed borders as a form of "climate barbarism," this is a rousing call to action for a planet on the brink.
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