Experiences of modernity in the greenhouse: A cultural analysis of a physicist “trio” supporting the backlash against global warming

This paper identifies cultural and historical dimensions that structure US climate science politics. It explores why a key subset of scientists—the physicist founders and leaders of the influential George C. Marshall Institute—chose to lend their scientific authority to this movement which continues...

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Published inGlobal environmental change Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 204 - 219
Main Author Lahsen, Myanna
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2008
Subjects
Anti-environmental movement
Climate change
Controversy
Environmental policy
George C. Marshall Institute
Human dimensions research
Science
Social movements
U.S.A
United States
Climate change
Human dimensions research
George C. Marshall Institute
Controversy
United States
Anti-environmental movement
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Summary:This paper identifies cultural and historical dimensions that structure US climate science politics. It explores why a key subset of scientists—the physicist founders and leaders of the influential George C. Marshall Institute—chose to lend their scientific authority to this movement which continues to powerfully shape US climate policy. The paper suggests that these physicists joined the environmental backlash to stem changing tides in science and society, and to defend their preferred understandings of science, modernity, and of themselves as a physicist elite—understandings challenged by on-going transformations encapsulated by the widespread concern about human-induced climate change.
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ISSN:0959-3780
1872-9495
DOI:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2007.10.001