{"product_id":"9780745669762","title":"The Fanaticism of the Apocalypse Save the Earth, Punish Human Beings","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Fanaticism of the Apocalypse\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSave the Earth, Punish Human Beings\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePascal Bruckner | Steven Rendall\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe planet is sick. Human beings are guilty of damaging it. We have to pay. Today, that is the orthodoxy throughout the Western world. Distrust of progress and science, calls for individual and collective self-sacrifice to ‘save the planet’ and cultivation of fear: behind the carbon commissars, a dangerous and counterproductive ecological catastrophism is gaining ground.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Modern society’s susceptibility to this kind of thinking derives from what Bruckner calls “the seductive attraction of disaster,” as exemplified by the popular appeal of disaster movies. But ecological catastrophism is harmful in that it draws attention away from other, more solvable problems and injustices in the world in order to focus on something that is portrayed as an Apocalypse.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rather than preaching catastrophe and pessimism, we need to develop a democratic and generous ecology that addresses specific problems in a practical way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Pascal Bruckner is the author of many books including \u003ci\u003eThe Tyranny of Guilt\u003c\/i\u003e,  \u003ci\u003ePerpetual Euphoria \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Paradox of Love\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes regularly for \u003ci\u003eLe Nouvel  Observateur\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 May 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780745669762\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378523598988,"sku":"9780745669762","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780745669762_7d8813eb-77c7-42eb-86b3-5738f5350dee.jpg?v=1780172745","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780745669762","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}