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- Condition
- Book Title
- Signs on the Earth : Islam, Modernity and the Climate Crisis
- ISBN
- 9781847740755
- Publisher
- Kube Publishing The Limited
- Item Length
- 7.7 in
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Author
- Fazlun Khalid
- Genre
- Nature, Law, Religion, Science
- Topic
- Life Sciences / Ecology, Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Environmental, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Islam / General
- Item Weight
- 12.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 5 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
Signs on the Earth: Islam, Modernity and the Climate Crisis By F
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Kube Publishing The Limited
ISBN-10
1847740758
ISBN-13
9781847740755
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16038698197
Product Key Features
Book Title
Signs on the Earth : Islam, Modernity and the Climate Crisis
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Ecology, Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Environmental, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Islam / General
Publication Year
2019
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Law, Religion, Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
12.7 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
333.72088297
Table Of Content
CONTENTS FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 – A HOUSE OF CARDS Hegemony Brains, Black Holes and the Enlightenment The Bridge A Lethal Cocktail CHAPTER 2 – A RAVISHED EARTH Disconnected People The Pollution Boomerang Rape of the Forests Ecocide The Nectar of Life A Delayed Reaction CHAPTER 3 – PROSPERITY IN PERSPECTIVE Happiness and the Good Life The Progress Trap Development and Delusions The Growth Fantasy CHAPTER 4 – HOW HISTORY ACCELERATED All the Time in the World Signs of Impatience A Spurt Acceleration CHAPTER 5 – ISLAM AND THE NATURAL WORLD Mobilising Faith Rediscovering Nature The Sacred Islam and Environmental Ethics Political Economy in Islam Producing Results Ilm ul khalq – Knowledge of Creation Fiqh al biah – Jurisprudence of the Environment The Shari’a in Perspective A way forward CHAPTER 6: SURVIVING THE ANTHROPOCENE Collapse What now? Hope springs eternal ENDNOTES GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY
Synopsis
This book by one of the world’s leading Muslim environmentalists explores what is perhaps the greatest threat humanity faces today, namely climate change. Fazlun Khalid looks unflinchingly at how modernity imposes itself on the world, throwing traditional societies and ways of life into disarray. This unfolding disruption has corrupted the balance of the earth’s natural ecosystems while holding out illusory promises of ‘progress’. Instead he urges that such progress through industrialization, economic growth and an unsustainable addiction to consumerism desperately needs to be rethought. His radical reconsideration of prevailing models of ‘development’ draws inspiration from the realm of the sacred. He makes a special appeal to Muslims to reflect on their own particular responsibility in addressing the perils faced by the planet. Recognising, however, that environmental concerns are a collective responsibility, Fazlun Khalid calls on people of all faiths and none, to work together to bequeath future generations a planet on which they will not only survive but thrive. Book jacket., A major study of environmentalism and Islam in practice and theory, with an historical overview that sets out future challenges, including reformulating the fiqh or Islamic legal tradition to take the ecological dimension seriously. In addressing this book to the one billion Muslims in the world it has the potential to reinvigorate the desire for environmental change in a community that is ignored at the planets peril. In arguing that modernity, consumerism and industrialisation need to be rethought, alongside an appeal to reconnect man and woman with creation in the divine order, this book has the potential to transform a generation. In the same way that Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything presented the argument for environmental action in a Capitalist framework, Fazlun Khalid has written a book that demands action from those whose primary orientation is towards the Islamic faith.
LC Classification Number
GE195
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