[lbo-talk] death of environmentalism/dancing in the streets

[bitch at pulpculture.org]

These guys sound like they should be on your show, Doug. anyone pay 
attention to them? Nordhaus was just on Morning Edition and spoke about the 
negativism and fear generated by current environmental politics and also 
argued that we aren't going to deprive ourselves to a solution. I don't 
know how much they go into it in the book, but the angle on a politics of 
possibility, rather than negative imagery, sounded intriguing. Their lit 
review section might be worth the trip to the library at any rate.

Break Through: The Death of Environmentalism and the Politics of Possibility
by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger

didn't find a website on the first 10 hits.

oh and speaking of which, what about Ehrenreich's new book? I read the 
review in the NYRB. It's about the role played by dance and what the 
sociologists call "collective effervescence" in politics. Anyone up for a 
group read of that book or, as I proposed under another nome de plume, a 
read of Hofstadter's work?

http://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Streets-History-Collective-Joy/dp/0805057234/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195302754&sr=1-3

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