Living in Denial
Climate Change, Emotions, and Everyday Life
Ranked #81 in Climate Change
Global warming is the most significant environmental issue of our time, yet public response in Western nations has been meager. Why have so few taken any action? In Living in Denial, sociologist Kari Norgaard searches for answers to this question, drawing on interviews and ethnographic data from her study of "Bygdaby," the fictional name of an actual rural community in western Norway, during the unusually warm winter of 2000-2001.
In 2000-2001 the first snowfall came to Bygdaby two months later than usual; ice fishing was impossible; and the ski industry had to invest... more
In 2000-2001 the first snowfall came to Bygdaby two months later than usual; ice fishing was impossible; and the ski industry had to invest... more
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Carol Gilligan This asks why people with knowledge about climate change often fail to translate that knowledge into action. It describes many kinds of denial. (Source)
Juliet Schor Norway has high formal awareness of climate change. Yet Norgaard was in a skiing village with no snow and the villagers were all in denial about it. (Source)
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