Science in resistance : the scientist rebellion for climate justice / Fernando Racimo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Racimo, Fernando, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climate justice.

Scientists--Political activity.

Scientists.

Climatic changes--Social aspects.

Climatic changes.

Civil disobedience--Environmental aspects.

Civil disobedience.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2025.

Summary:

Scientists around the world rise up for climate and ecological justice In April 2022, hundreds of scientists rose in civil disobedience, breaking the law in more than twenty-eight countries. Risking arrest, they glued their hands to roads, blocked government and corporate buildings, and chained themselves to the White House fence. In Science in Resistance, Fernando Racimo provides a first-person account of the Scientist Rebellion, a growing international movement of researchers stepping beyond conventional roles to alert the public about the need for action in the climate emergency. Combining personal stories, interviews with frontline activists, and insights from research on direct action and academia, he explores the challenges scientists face when taking a stand for climate and social justice. Reflecting on his role as a scientist-activist, Racimo describes how he came to be involved in the movement. He also explores the many ways in which academic institutions today are complicit in climate breakdown--whether by accepting funding from and collaborating with the very industries driving it, or by discouraging scientists from speaking up. Drawing on lessons from political science, psychology, ecology, sociology, and the history of science, he explains how academia can be transformed to become an actor for good in the emergency.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright

Contents

Prologue: A Rainy Day

Introduction: Where Are the Scientists?

1. Acknowledging Failure

2. Scientists of the World, Unite!

3. Education as Resistance

4. Out of the Lab and into the Streets

5. Academia and its Discontents

6. The Enemy Within

7. The Road Less Traveled

8. What Is It Like to Participate in Direct Action?

9. Reflections Inside (and about) Cages

10 The Privilege of Rather

11. Academia in the Age of Climate Breakdown

Epilogue: A Sunny Day

Acknowledgments

Notes

Selected Readings

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-520-42035-7

OCLC:

1528566450