Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Violence Of Climate Change: Lessons Of Resistance From Nonviolent ActivistsISBN13:9781626164352ISBN10:1626164355Author:O'Brien, Kevin (Author)Description:It Is Beyond Debate That Human Beings Are The Primary Cause Of Climate Change Many Think Of Climate Change As Primarily A Scientific, Economic, Or Political Problem, And Those Perspectives Inform Kevin O'brien's Analysis But O'brien Argues That We Should Respond To Climate Change First And Foremost As A Case Of Systematic And Structural Violence As He Points Out, Global Warming Is Primarily Caused By The Carbon Emissions Of The Affluent, Emissions That Harm The Poor First And Worst Climate Change Divides Human Beings From One Another And From The Earth; In Short, Global Warming And Climate Change Is Violence In Order To Sustain A Constructive And Creative Response To This Violence, He Contends, Society Needs Practical Examples Of Activism And Nonviolent Peacemaking O'brien Identifies Five Such Examples From Us History, Providing Brief Biographies Of Heroic Individuals Whose Idealism And Social Commitment And Political Savvy Can Model The Fight Against Climate Change And For Climate Justice: Quaker Abolitionist John Woolman; Social Reformer Jane Addams; Catholic Worker Advocate Dorothy Day; Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King, Jr ; And Union Organizer Cesar Chavez These Moral Exemplars, All Of Whom Were Motivated By Their Christian Faith, Serve As Witnesses To Those Seeking To Make Peace In Response To The Violence Of Climate Change Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Georgetown University PressPublication Date:2017-06-01Weight:0.75 lbsDimensions:0.7'' H x 8.9'' L x 5.9'' WNumber of Pages:238Language:English
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Item Length: 9in
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Author: Kevin J. O'brien
Publication Name: Violence of Climate Change : Lessons of Resistance from Nonviolent Activists
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
