Greenspeak

A Study of Environmental Discourse
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-7619-1705-2
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 365 g

In this remarkably interdisciplinary examination of the discourse of environmentalism, the authors explore the linguistic, philosophical, psychological and cultural-historical aspects of environmental discourse; rather than environmental phenomena themselves. This volume is not advocacy on environmentalism, rather, it is an analysis of the means of persuasion and the techniques of advocacy used by both sides of the environmental debate between ôconservationistsö and ôconservatives.ö Based on studies conducted between 1992 and 1996, the book includes an analysis of the concepts of time and space in their linguistic manifestations. Another theme is the interdependencies of the natural world with political and economic institutions. Ultimately, it is a call to action, as the authors see in the increasing ôgreeningö of English and other Western languages, a kind of linguistic way of replacing or postponing action with talk alone. A groundbreaking volume, Greanspeak will promote dialogue among professionals and students in the fields of environmental issues, linguistics, discourse, psychology, and public policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Muhlhausler, Peter

Harré, Rom

Mulhausler, Peter

Brockmeier, Jens

Harré, Rom

Mühlhäusler, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutzorganisationen, Naturschützer
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltsoziologie, Umweltpsychologie, Umweltethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Environmental Discourses
Linguistic Foundations
Rhetorical Uses of Science
Environmental Narratives
The Power of Metaphor
Temporal Dimensions
Ethno-ecology
Linguistics as Environmentalism
The Moral and Aesthetic Domain

Über Autor(innen)

Brockmeier, Jens
Jens Brockmeier is a professor at The American University of Paris and a visiting professor at the University of Manitoba. With a background in psychology, philosophy, and language studies, his interests are in issues of human identity, mind, and language, which he has examined in a variety of cultural contexts.