Between climates of fear and blind optimism: the affective role of emotions for climate (in)action
<p>Emotions affect how humans relate to others and define their place in the world. They thus shape responses to socio-ecological problems like climate change. In spite of the overwhelming knowledge and concern about climate change, a lack of appropriate moral and political consequences prevai...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Copernicus Publications
2022-10-01
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| Series: | Geographica Helvetica |
| Online Access: | https://gh.copernicus.org/articles/77/421/2022/gh-77-421-2022.pdf |
| Summary: | <p>Emotions affect how humans relate to others and define their place in the
world. They thus shape responses to socio-ecological problems like climate
change. In spite of the overwhelming knowledge and concern about climate
change, a lack of appropriate moral and political consequences prevails in
most contemporary societies. Instead of trying to explain climate inaction
as a result of (un)awareness, this paper introduces a new perspective by
conceptualising climate inaction as an active social process animated by
emotions. Drawing on an interdisciplinary and radically relational perspective, I grasp climate inaction as a product of more-than-human
intra-action and explore the affective role of emotions within this production. To illustrate how emotions energise climate inaction, I sketch
how fear, grief, and hope animate current climate responses.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 0016-7312 2194-8798 |