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N. 2 (2021)

Dal climate denial alla natura da salvare: il riduzionismo nella narrazione dei cambiamenti climatici

  • Sara Bonati
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3280/rgioa2-2021oa12032
Inviata
4 giugno 2021
Pubblicato
18-06-2021

Abstract

Il concetto di ‘natura’ nella narrazione dei cambiamenti climatici è spesso abusato e oggetto di strumentalizzazione. Ciò che ne consegue è una fitta rete di disinformazione e misinformazione. Il contributo, pertanto, vuole discutere i diversi modi in cui il concetto di natura è (ab)usato in relazione ai cambiamenti climatici, partendo dalla costruzione sociale della natura. A tale scopo è discusso il ruolo del riduzionismo nella promozione di un’idea di natura intesa unicamente in prospettiva antropocentrica, entro la quale si collocano diverse narrazioni dei cambiamenti climatici: da una parte, le retoriche di ‘save
climate/nature’, nel quale il clima/la natura sono intesi come risorsa da salvare; dall’altra, le teorie negazioniste, che sfruttano l’idea di natura costruita per mettere in discussione le evidenze offerte dalla scienza.

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