Living in Denial

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Climate Change, Emotions, and Everyday Life

Kari Marie Norgaard (Associate Professor, University of Oregon)

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MIT Press
03 November 2011

Global warming; Social impact of environmental issues

Series: Living in Denial

An analysis of why people with knowledge about climate change often fail to translate that knowledge into action.

Global warming is the most significant environmental issue of our time, yet public response in Western nations has been meager. Why have so few taken any action? In Living in Denial, sociologist Kari Norgaard searches for answers to this question, drawing on interviews and ethnographic data from her study of ""Bygdaby,"" the fictional name of an actual rural community in western Norway, during the unusually warm winter of 2000-2001.

In 2000-2001 the first snowfall came to Bygdaby two months later than usual; ice fishing was impossible; and the ski industry had to invest substantially in artificial snow-making. Stories in local and national newspapers linked the warm winter explicitly to global warming. Yet residents did not write letters to the editor, pressure politicians, or cut down on use of fossil fuels. Norgaard attributes this lack of response to the phenomenon of socially organized denial, by which information about climate science is known in the abstract but disconnected from political, social, and private life, and sees this as emblematic of how citizens of industrialized countries are responding to global warming.

Norgaard finds that for the highly educated and politically savvy residents of Bygdaby, global warming was both common knowledge and unimaginable. Norgaard traces this denial through multiple levels, from emotions to cultural norms to political economy. Her report from Bygdaby, supplemented by comparisons throughout the book to the United States, tells a larger story behind our paralysis in the face of today's alarming predictions from climate scientists.

By: Kari Marie Norgaard (Associate Professor University of Oregon)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 431g
ISBN: 9780262515856
ISBN 10: 0262515857
Series: Living in Denial
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 03 November 2011
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kari Marie Norgaard is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon.

Reviews for Living in Denial: Climate Change, Emotions, and Everyday Life

This is an extremely important intellectual contribution. Research on climate change and culture has been primarily focused on individual attitudinal change. This work brings a sociological perspective to our understanding of individual and collective responses to climate change information, and opens up a new research area. It also has important practical implicationsThis perspective calls for a much different approach to climate change communications, and defines a new agenda for this field. Robert Brulle, The New York Times Dot Earth

Winner of <PrizeName>Honorable Mention: 2012 Allan Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication Award, presented by the American Sociological Association's Section on Environment and Technology</PrizeName> 2012
Winner of Honorable Mention: 2012 Allan Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication Award, presented by the American Sociological Association's Section on Environment and Technology 2012
Winner of Honorable Mention: 2012 Allan Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication Award, presented by the American Sociological Association's Section on Environment and Technology</PrizeName> 2012