Dal climate denial alla natura da salvare: il riduzionismo nella narrazione dei cambiamenti climatici

Titolo Rivista RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA
Autori/Curatori Sara Bonati
Anno di pubblicazione 2021 Fascicolo 2021/2 Lingua Italiano
Numero pagine 16 P. 53-68 Dimensione file 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/rgioa2-2021oa12032
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Il concetto di ‘natura’ nella narrazione dei cambiamenti climatici è spesso abusato e oggetto di strumentalizzazione. Ciò che ne consegue è una fitta rete di disinformazione e misinformazione. Il contributo, pertanto, vuole discutere i diversi modi in cui il concetto di natura è (ab)usato in relazione ai cambiamenti climatici, partendo dalla costruzione sociale della natura. A tale scopo è discusso il ruolo del riduzionismo nella promozione di un’idea di natura intesa unicamente in prospettiva antropocentrica, entro la quale si collocano diverse narrazioni dei cambiamenti climatici: da una parte, le retoriche di ‘saveclimate/nature’, nel quale il clima/la natura sono intesi come risorsa da salvare; dall’altra, le teorie negazioniste, che sfruttano l’idea di natura costruita per mettere in discussione le evidenze offerte dalla scienza.;

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Sara Bonati, Dal climate denial alla natura da salvare: il riduzionismo nella narrazione dei cambiamenti climatici in "RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA" 2/2021, pp 53-68, DOI: 10.3280/rgioa2-2021oa12032