Signs on the earth : Islam, modernity and the climate crisis / Fazlun M Khalid.
By: Khalid, Fazlun M
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BookPublisher: Markfield, Leicestershire, England : Kube Publishing Ltd, 2019Description: xvi, 249 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781847740755.Subject(s): Nature -- Effect of human beings on | Human ecology -- Religious aspects -- Islam | Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on | Environmentalism -- Religious aspects -- Islam| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due |
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Includes bibliographies (p.228-237) 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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