From Apocalypse to Way of Life Environmental Crisis in the American Century

Preface: The Decade of Crisis Section I: Contesting Crisis 1. The Politics of Denial 2. Taking Crisis Seriously? Section II: Elaborating Crisis An Introductory Caution 3. Natures in Crisis, Part 1: An Inventory of the External World 4. Natures in Crisis, Part 2: Deepening Intimacies 5. Environmental Crisis as Social Crisis 6. Crisis History: From Prophecy to Risk, From Apocalypse to Dwelling Place Section III: Imagining Crisis 7. The Culture of hyperexuberence 8. Environmental Crisis in Popular Fiction and Film 9. Taking Crisis Seriously: Environmental Crisis and Contemporary Literature Appendix 1

Biography

Frederick Buell teaches English and cultural studies at Queens College/CUNY. He is the author of National Culture and the New Global System and W.H. Auden as a Social Poet. He has also published a collection of poetry, Full Summer.

'Outstanding... an important book.' - Andy McLaughlin, author of Regarding Nature

'This is one of the best books I have read on environmental politics in a long, long time.' - John Barry, author of The Environment and Social Theory

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