The Nature Delusion
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
9781529244472 (ISBN)
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"Rigorous and compelling" Michael Foley
Why our current fixes for the environmental crisis are making things worse, and what we need to do about it.
Does the future of humankind lie in colonising a new planet, or uploading our minds to a digital metaverse?
Listening to certain billionaires and technophiles, you might think these are our best bets for escaping the increasingly hostile world we’ve made for ourselves. The Nature Delusion dismantles these ideas. It shows why technological and economic ‘fixes’ alone cannot solve the existential threat of climate change, and why they remain out of reach for most people. Instead, this book uncovers the root causes of our environmental crisis – from our disconnection from nature to our focus on short-term, self-centred priorities – and offers a hopeful vision for the future.
As the environmental crisis deepens, it’s easy to feel powerless or overwhelmed. The Nature Delusion invites you to see humanity’s place in the world in a radically new way and demonstrates how transforming our mindset can create a healthier, more resilient world.
Tom Oliver is Professor of Applied Ecology and Research Dean for Environment at the University of Reading. He is a prominent systems thinker, advising both the UK government and the European Commission. His first book The Self Delusion: The Surprising Science of Our Connection to Each Other and the Natural World (W&N, 2020) was published to critical acclaim and translated into Korean and Italian.
Introduction
Part 1- The hidden dynamics of a planet in peril
Chapter 1 – Tipping points and vicious cycles
Chapter 2 – Nasty and Brutish
Chapter 3 – Xenophobia
Chapter 4 – Losing our place
Part 2- Superficial ‘solutions’ from a sense of separation
Chapter 5 – Escape the polycrisis
Chapter 6 – Spaceship Earth
Chapter 7 – Iron Rule
Chapter 8 – Grow the economy to save nature?
Chapter 9 – Monetising love
Chapter 10 – A society of individuals
Chapter 11 – How we built a selfish world
Part 3 – Sticking plaster fixes from a logic of isolation
Chapter 12 – Techno-Fixation
Chapter 13 - Locked-in
Chapter 14 – The new Singularity
Part 4 – Overcoming the Nature Delusion
Chapter 15 – Inner transformation
Chapter 16 – Empowerment
Chapter 16 – Systemic healing
Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.3.2026 |
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| Zusatzinfo | Not illustrated |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781529244472 / 9781529244472 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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