{"product_id":"climate-of-denial-darwin-climate-change-and-the-literature-of-the-long-nineteenth-century-paperback","title":"Climate of Denial: Darwin, Climate Change, and the Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAllen MacDuffie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany people today experience the climate crisis with a divided state of mind: aware of the extreme effects, but living everyday life \u003ci\u003eas if\u003c\/i\u003e the crisis is not actually happening. This book argues that this structure of feeling has roots that can be traced back to the nineteenth century, when Western culture encountered the profound shock of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDarwin's theory made it increasingly difficult for secular humanists to flatly deny that humans are animals, fully enmeshed in natural systems and processes. But like those of us confronting climate change today, many writers and scientists struggled to integrate its depersonalizing vision into their understanding of the place of humans in the natural order. The result was that the radical environmental implications of \u003ci\u003eThe Origin of Species\u003c\/i\u003e were evaded as soon as they were articulated, abetted by a culture of denial structured by the illusions of capital and empire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn light of the climate emergency, \u003ci\u003eClimate of Denial\u003c\/i\u003e recontextualizes nineteenth-century texts to offer rich insight into the defensive strategies used--then and now--to avoid confronting the unsettling realities of our situation on this planet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllen MacDuffie\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eVictorian Literature, Energy, and the Ecological Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e (2014).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751578042656,"sku":"9781503639546","price":54.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/51ccb6814ac42fbc47f032b1e335ab04.webp?v=1779976253","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/climate-of-denial-darwin-climate-change-and-the-literature-of-the-long-nineteenth-century-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}