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Timescapes of modernity : the environment and invisible hazards / Barbara Adam.

By: Adam, Barbara, 1945- [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Global environmental change series: Publisher: London : Routledge, 1998Description: viii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415162753 (paperback); 0415162742 ; 9780415162746 ; 0415162750; 9780203981382; 0203981383.Subject(s): Human ecology | Time | Environmental economics | Economic development -- Environmental aspectsDDC classification: 304.2
Contents:
Part I: Habits of the mind: environmental timescapes conceptualised -- 1. Nature re/constituted and re/conceptualised: mapping the scope of industrial traditions of thought -- 2. It's all about money, isn't it?: time, all things green and profitable, and moonlighting for the environment – Part II: The eye of time on the industrial way of life -- 3. Square pegs into round holes: democracy and the timescapes of environmental politics -- 4. Industrial food for thought: for everything there is a season and a place -- 5. Mediated knowledge: of time-lags and amnesia - reporting on BSE -- 6. Radiated identities: invisibility, latency, symptoms - the case of Chernobyl -- 7. Genies on the loose: what now Aladdin?
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Timescapes of Modernity explores the relationship between time and environmental and socio-cultural concerns. Using examples such as the BSE crisis, the Sea Empress oil pollution and the Chernobyl radiation Barbara Adam argues that environmental hazards are inescapably tied to the successes of the industrial way of life. Global markets and economic growth; large-scale production of food; the speed of transport and communication; the 24 hour society and even democratic politics are among the invisible hazards we face. With this unique 'timescape' perspective the author dislodges assumptions about environmental change, enables a rethinking of environmental problems and provides the potential for new strategies to deal with environmental hazards.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-237) and index.

Part I: Habits of the mind: environmental timescapes conceptualised -- 1. Nature re/constituted and re/conceptualised: mapping the scope of industrial traditions of thought -- 2. It's all about money, isn't it?: time, all things green and profitable, and moonlighting for the environment – Part II: The eye of time on the industrial way of life -- 3. Square pegs into round holes: democracy and the timescapes of environmental politics -- 4. Industrial food for thought: for everything there is a season and a place -- 5. Mediated knowledge: of time-lags and amnesia - reporting on BSE -- 6. Radiated identities: invisibility, latency, symptoms - the case of Chernobyl -- 7. Genies on the loose: what now Aladdin?

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgements (p. vii)
  • Acknowledgements (p. viii)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • 1 Nature Re/Constituted and Re/Conceptualised (p. 23)
  • 2 It's All About Money, Isn't It? (p. 61)
  • Part II The Eye of Time on the Industrial Way of Life (p. 101)
  • 3 Square Pegs into Round Holes (p. 103)
  • 4 Industrial Food for Thought (p. 127)
  • 5 Mediated Knowledge (p. 163)
  • 6 Radiated Identities (p. 193)
  • 7 Genies on the Loose: What Now Aladdin? (p. 211)
  • References (p. 231)
  • Index (p. 239)