{"product_id":"the-language-of-climate-politics-fossil-fuel-propaganda-and-how-to-fight-it","title":"The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It","description":"A groundbreaking investigation into the propaganda justifying the fossil-fuel economy, The Language of Climate Politics offers readers powerful new ways to talk about the climate crisis that will help create transformative change.\n\n\"If you want to understand the climate crisis and you only have time to read one book, this should be it.\" - Kieran Setiya, author of Life is Hard\n\n\"A revelatory study...It's a breath of fresh air.\" Publishers' Weekly Starred Review\n\nIn an illuminating analysis, Dr. Genevieve Guenther shows that the climate debate is not, in fact, neatly polarized, with Republicans obstructing climate action and Democrats advancing climate solutions. Partisans on the right and the left often repeat the same fossil-fuel talking points, and this repetition produces a centrist consensus upholding the status quo, even as global heating accelerates.\n\nWeaving this analysis through fascinating critical histories of the terms that dominate the language of climate politics―the words we, alarmist, cost, growth, \"India and China,\" innovation, and resilience―Dr. Guenther shows how this consensus is established. Fossil-fuel interests weaponize the discourses of science, economics, and activism, co-opting and twisting climate language to help greenwash their plans for ongoing extraction. But all too often climate scientists, economists, and even advocates will unwittingly echo the false and dangerous assumptions of their supposed political opponents. This apparent agreement between foes, filtered through the news media, not only influences our common-sense yet mistaken views about the climate crisis but also enables powerful decisionmakers to justify the corporate and policy actions that threaten us all. Revealing this dynamic, Guenther shows how to transform it.\n\nUltimately, The Language of Climate Politics is an inspiring call to arms, a book that equips readers with powerful new terms that will enable them to fight more effectively for a livable future.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0197642233\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0197642233.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Guenther, Genevieve\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43783029063741,"sku":"BVV.0197642233.A","price":8.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0197642233-0.jpg?v=1791494448","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-language-of-climate-politics-fossil-fuel-propaganda-and-how-to-fight-it","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}