The Global Environmental Crisis presents a new perspective on our inattention and inaction in the face of a major crisis, recognising that - although we cannot do without scientific knowledge - we cannot exclusively rely on it.

John Lie is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he teaches social theory. His books include Modern Peoplehood (2004) and Japan, the Sustainable Society (2021).

AcknowledgmentsPreface

1. Belated Knowledge
2. Fate and Hubris
3. Utopian Imagination

Postface
Appendix: Modes of Denial and ProcrastinationReferences