Is sustainability the enemy of progress or the key to creating a future worth having? Three provocative perspectives on sustainability, climate change and the future

作者: Stephen McGrail

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摘要: This review article of recent books on sustainability and climate change provides an overview comparison three provocative responses to the contemporary problematique. Current potentially emerging ways thinking about sustainability, future are revealed. In particular, considered together bring life huge social inertia resisting worldview related politics associated with sustainability. Following critical consideration underlying key themes, different reading derive insights into challenges in terms futures studies suggested.

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