ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on scholars who firmly believe that the worsening ecological crisis poses a serious risk to the well-being of humans all over the world. Maxwell and Miller point out a certain type of technological optimism, an enchantment with technology, as one explanation for this lack of interest in nature. Lewis and Boyce describe climate change as urgent and potentially devastating. Grounding norms and values in particular understandings of 'human nature' has historically been employed and abused to oppress minorities and suppress debate. Hans Skjervheim was among the first to argue against the potentially authoritarian consequences of a positivist view of science. The ontology of Deleuze is perhaps the best place to look in order to understand how and why the anti-realist aspect of post structuralism developed. A couple of linguistic studies done by Gill Ereaut and Nat Segnit have been much cited in the literature on communication of global warming and climate science.
