Signs on the earth : Islam, modernity and the climate crisis / Fazlun M. Khalid.

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Khalid, Fazlun M [Author]

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9781847740779

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GF75 .S546 2019

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Contents:

Introduction -- Chapter 1: A house of cards. Hegemony -- Brains, black holes and the Enlightenment -- The bridge -- A lethal cocktail -- Endnotes -- Chapter 2: A ravished earth. A disconnected people -- The pollution boomerang -- Rape of the forests -- Ecocide -- The nectar of life -- A delayed reaction -- Endnotes -- Chapter 3: Prosperity in perspective. Happiness and the good life -- The progress trap -- Development and delusions -- The fantasy of growth -- Endnotes -- Chapter 4: How history accelerated. All the time in the world -- Signs of impatience -- A spurt -- Acceleration -- Endnotes -- Chapter 5: Islam and the natural world. Mobilizing faith -- Rediscovering the natural world -- Producing results -- Endnotes -- Chapter 6: Surviving the anthropocene. Collapse -- What now? -- Hope springs eternal -- Endnotes -- Appendix: Islamic declaration on global climate change -- List of acronyms -- Glossary of Arabic terms -- List of quotations from the Qur'an -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Foreword and acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: A house of cards. Hegemony -- Brains, black holes and the Enlightenment -- The bridge -- A lethal cocktail -- Endnotes -- Chapter 2: A ravished earth. A disconnected people -- The pollution boomerang -- Rape of the forests -- Ecocide -- The nectar of life -- A delayed reaction -- Endnotes -- Chapter 3: Prosperity in perspective. Happiness and the good life -- The progress trap -- Development and delusions -- The fantasy of growth -- Endnotes -- Chapter 4: How history accelerated. All the time in the world -- Signs of impatience -- A spurt -- Acceleration -- Endnotes -- Chapter 5: Islam and the natural world. Mobilizing faith -- Rediscovering the natural world -- Producing results -- Endnotes -- Chapter 6: Surviving the anthropocene. Collapse -- What now? -- Hope springs eternal -- Endnotes -- Appendix: Islamic declaration on global climate change -- List of acronyms -- Glossary of Arabic terms -- List of quotations from the Qur'an -- Bibliography -- Index.

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