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Who's afraid of the ecological apocalypse? Climate change and the production of the ethical subject

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Fagan, Madeleine (2017) Who's afraid of the ecological apocalypse? Climate change and the production of the ethical subject. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 19 (2). pp. 225-244. doi:10.1177/1369148116687534 ISSN 1369-1481.

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Abstract

Contemporary representations of environmental futures often feature disastrous, apocalyptic and catastrophic scenarios, particularly in film and popular culture. One site in which this representation is prominent is in the climate change debate, where such narratives in relation to the environment can be found not only in popular culture, but also governmental statements (Brown, 2009; Huhne, 2011; King, 2004; Obama, 2010; Stern, 2006) and academic literature produced by Politics and International Relations (Caney, 2010; Dobson, 1999; Gardiner, 2009; Garvey, 2008; Hiskes, 2005; Page, 2007). Whilst disastrous scenarios are of course not new in the construction of political and ethical possibilities, the climate change debate has arguably occasioned an intensification of such scenarios and an increased interlacing of them into political and ethical narratives - to the extent that Mike Hulme (2006) argues that recent years have seen the birth of a 'new environmental phenomenon' of 'catastrophic climate change'. However, despite the ubiquity of such dire warnings, they seem to have motivated relatively little action by citizens on climate matters (Hulme, 2009).

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Environmental disasters -- Moral and ethical aspects , Ethics, Climatic changes, International relations, Political science
Journal or Publication Title: British Journal of Politics and International Relations
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN: 1369-1481
Official Date: 1 May 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
1 May 2017Published
19 January 2017Available
5 December 2016Accepted
Volume: 19
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 225-244
DOI: 10.1177/1369148116687534
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 8 December 2016
Date of first compliant Open Access: 1 February 2017

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