How the lifestyle of the rich became anthropogenic activity in the climate change debate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2357442 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy Seabrook |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 87-94 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Race & Class (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-3968 • E-ISSN: 1741-3125 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0306396815624867 |
| OpenAlex | W2317119042 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The author argues that originally concern about the destruction of the ecosphere rested on an awareness of the damaging technologies which sustained the lifestyle of the rich world. There was an emphasis on the unsustainability of development based on a permanently expanding economy and the need to address the abuse of resources and extravagance of the North at the expense of the South. Now, and particularly after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the rich world has successfully exported its development paradigm and managed to attribute climate change to 'anthropogenic activity' thereby making everyone appear equally culpable for degrading the planet. In the process, discussion has moved from the need to curb consumption to the necessity of changing energy sources
Climate change · Consumption (sociology · Development economics · Economics · Environmental ethics · Environmental protection · Geography · Global warming · Natural resource economics · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Soviet union · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · Law · Ecology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |