Asset Details
Do you wish to reserve the book?
Introduction: The Environment as Master Narrative: Discourse and Identity in Environmental Problems
Hey, we have placed the reservation for you!
By the way, why not check out events that you can attend while you pick your title.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place the reservation. Kindly try again later.
Are you sure you want to remove the book from the shelf?
Introduction: The Environment as Master Narrative: Discourse and Identity in Environmental Problems
Do you wish to request the book?
Introduction: The Environment as Master Narrative: Discourse and Identity in Environmental Problems
Please be aware that the book you have requested cannot be checked out. If you would like to checkout this book, you can reserve another copy
We have requested the book for you!
Your request is successful and it will be processed during the Library working hours. Please check the status of your request in My Requests.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place your request. Kindly try again later.
Journal Article
Introduction: The Environment as Master Narrative: Discourse and Identity in Environmental Problems
2001
Overview
Anthropologists working in remote communities around the world have observed local groups deploying terms from the international environmentalist lexicon, such as biodiversity and sustainable development, to defend indigenous claims to land, intellectual property rights, and political representation (Brosius 1997; Zerner 1995; Escobar 1996). Drawing from sociologist Ulrich Beck's concept of \"anthropological shock,\" the author analyzes how environmentalists connect private crises in daily life provoked by environmental risks with the development of a public identity as activists participating in a global environmental movement. In the process of seeking private partners and federal resources, local environmental groups are drawn into discourse of \"ecological modernization,\" a neo-liberal environmentalism that is friendly to capitalist development. According to Milton, environmentalism has been a particularly potent globalizing discourse because the \"particular understanding of the planet as `one place' has fuelled the development of environmentalist discourse as a global phenomenon\" (p. 171).
