Description
| Product ID: | 9780865719675 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Power |
| Subtitle: | Limits and Prospects for Human Survival |
| Authors: | Author: Richard Heinberg |
| Page Count: | 416 |
| Subjects: | Social and cultural anthropology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Environmental economics, Environmental policy and protocols, Climate change, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Environmental economics, Environmental policy & protocols, Climate change, Environmental science, engineering & technology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Power traces how humans have come to overpower the earth's natural systems and to oppress one another, with catastrophic consequences. We must rapidly re-learn the lessons of power self-limitation rooted in evolution and human history if we are to stave off ecological and social collapse and enjoy a thriving future. Impeccably researched and masterfully written, this book explains how and why humanity is driving itself off the cliff. — Dahr Jamail, author, The End of Ice Weaving together findings from a wide range of disciplines, Power traces how four key elements developed to give humans extraordinary power: tool making ability, language, social complexity, and the ability to harness energy sources ― most significantly, fossil fuels. It asks whether we have, at this point, overpowered natural and social systems, and if we have, what we can do about it. Has Homo sapiens — one species among millions — become powerful enough to threaten a mass extinction and disrupt the Earth''s climate? Why have we developed so many ways of oppressing one another? Can we change our relationship with power to avert ecological catastrophe, reduce social inequality, and stave off collapse? These questions — and their answers — will determine our fate. |
| Imprint Name: | New Society Publishers |
| Publisher Name: | New Society Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-09-14 |
