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Engaging the Everyday: Environmental Social Criticism and the Resonance Dilemma

Posted By: roxul
Date: 31 Jan 2024 03:07:48
Engaging the Everyday: Environmental Social Criticism and the Resonance Dilemma

John M. Meyer, "Engaging the Everyday: Environmental Social Criticism and the Resonance Dilemma"
English | ISBN: 0262527383 | 2015 | 253 pages | EPUB | 578 KB

An argument that environmental challenges will only resonate with citizens of affluent postindustrial countries if sustainability concerns emerge from everyday practices.
Far-reaching efforts to address environmental issues rarely seem to resonate with citizens of the United States or other wealthy postindustrial societies. In Engaging the Everyday, John Meyer considers this impediment to action on environmental problems—which he terms “the resonance dilemma”—and argues that an environmental agenda that emerges from everyday concerns would resonate more deeply with ordinary citizens. Meyer explores the contours of this alternative, theorizing both obstacles and opportunities and then considering it in terms of three everyday areas of material practice: land use, transportation by automobile, and home dwelling.
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