Excuse Us, While We Fix the Sky: WEIRD Supermen and Climate Engineering
Citation:
Fleming, Jim. 2017. “Excuse Us, While We Fix the Sky: WEIRD Supermen and Climate Engineering.” RCC Perspectives: Transformations in Environment and Society, no. 4, 23–8.
Author: Jim Fleming
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Summary:
In this paper, Jim Fleming looks at the current state of climate engineering, which, he argues, is in need of critical evaluation given its gendered aspects. Informed by feminist readings, Fleming first presents an overview of the masculinist rhetoric and domination of nature as rooted in Baconian scientific ideals. He continues with a brief sketch of the current state of climate engineering proposals (focusing on solar radiation management), which are dominated by Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) men. Fleming concludes that both environmental humanities and social science scholars need to be included in a critical evaluation of the masculinist nature of climate intervention. (Summary from Environment & Society Portal)
Topics: Environment, Climate Change, Feminisms, Gender, Masculinity/ies
Year: 2017
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