Climate change denial : heads in the sand / Haydn Washington and John Cook.
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TextPublication details: London : Earthscan, 2011. Description: xviii, 174 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781849713368 (pbk.)Subject(s): Climatic changes | Global warming | Climatic changes -- Psychological aspects | Global warming -- Psychological aspects | Denial (Psychology)DDC classification: 363.738 WAS Summary: Humans have always used denial. When we are afraid, guilty, confused, or when something interferes with our self-image, we tend to deny it. Yet denial is a delusion. When it impacts on the health of oneself, or society, or the world it becomes a pathology. Climate change denial is such a case. Paradoxically, as the climate science has become more certain, denial about the issue has increased. The paradox lies in the denial. There is a denial industry funded by the fossil fuel companies that literally denies the science, and seeks to confuse the public.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Humans have always used denial. When we are afraid, guilty, confused, or when something interferes with our self-image, we tend to deny it. Yet denial is a delusion. When it impacts on the health of oneself, or society, or the world it becomes a pathology. Climate change denial is such a case. Paradoxically, as the climate science has become more certain, denial about the issue has increased. The paradox lies in the denial. There is a denial industry funded by the fossil fuel companies that literally denies the science, and seeks to confuse the public.
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