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

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Living in Denial Living in Denial Climate Change, Emotions, and Everyday Life Kari Marie Norgaard The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. For information about special quantity discounts, please email . This book was set in Sabon by Toppan Best-set Premedia Limited. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Norgaard, Kari Marie. Living in denial : climate change, emotions, and everyday life / Kari Marie Norgaard. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-262-01544-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-262-51585-6 (pbk.) 1. Climatic changes—Psychological aspects. 2. Environmental policy—Citizen participation. I. Title. BF353.5.C55N67 2011 304.2′5—dc22 2010036047 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To the future generations in my family: To my son, Cody, and to sister Addie, brother Matt, and niece Isabel. To all future generations. May your world flourish. ...