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Author: Peter Wagner (European University Institute)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Polity Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.590kg
ISBN: 9781509557080
ISBN 10: 1509557083
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 14 June 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""Peter Wagner, whose talent and skills in addressing the complex balance between long-term processes and the choices that actors make have already contributed so much to our understanding of modernity, now sets his lenses to focus on the planetary climate crisis. In Carbon Societies, he offers a fresh analytical perspective, an original look at how modern societies have conceived of the use of natural resources, and in doing so opens new windows to look at the future."" Elisa P. Reis, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro ""Over the years, Peter Wagner has established a reputation as a leading historical sociologist and theorist of modernity. Here Wagner tackles head-on the often-posed question of why we have done nothing serious about the climate crisis during the past 50 years. He offers a comprehensive and persuasive set of explanations, grounded in a wide-ranging and brilliant historical analysis. This should be one of the definitive books of the decade."" William Outhwaite, Newcastle University ""Wagner's new publication should definitely be read by everyone who deals with the climate crisis."" Soziopolis"
"""Peter Wagner, whose talent and skills in addressing the complex balance between long-term processes and the choices that actors make have already contributed so much to our understanding of modernity, now sets his lenses to focus on the planetary climate crisis. In Carbon Societies, he offers a fresh analytical perspective, an original look at how modern societies have conceived of the use of natural resources, and in doing so opens new windows to look at the future."" Elisa P. Reis, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro ""Over the years, Peter Wagner has established a reputation as a leading historical sociologist and theorist of modernity. Here Wagner tackles head-on the often-posed question of why we have done nothing serious about the climate crisis during the past 50 years. He offers a comprehensive and persuasive set of explanations, grounded in a wide-ranging and brilliant historical analysis. This should be one of the definitive books of the decade."" William Outhwaite, Newcastle University"
Author Information
Peter Wagner is Research Professor of Social Sciences at the Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) and at the University of Barcelona as well as Research Advisor at the University of Central Asia.
