The Violence of Climate Change: Lessons of Resistance from Nonviolent Activists

by Kevin J. O'Brien

Book Overview

Climate change is viewed as a primarily scientific, economic, or political issue. While acknowledging the legitimacy of these perspectives, Kevin J. O'Brien argues that we should respond to climate change first and foremost as a case of systematic and structural violence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626164355
• ISBN13: 9781626164352
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher