Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand

by Haydn Washington and John Cook

Book Overview

Humans have always used denial. When we are afraid, guilty, confused, or when something interferes with our self-image, we tend to deny it. Yet denial is a delusion. When it impacts on the health of oneself, or society, or the world it becomes a pathology. Climate change denial is such a case. Paradoxically, as the climate science has become more certain, denial about the issue has increased. The paradox lies in the denial. There is a denial industry...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849713367
• ISBN13: 9781849713368
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"