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20795298

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
There are widely divergent views on how science and technology are connected to environmental problems. A view commonly held among natural scientists and policy makers is that environmental problems are primarily technical problems that can be solved via the development and implementation of technological innovations. This technologically optimistic view tends to ignore power relationships in society and the political-economic order that drives environmental degradation. An opposed view, common among postmodernist and poststructuralist scholars, is that the emergence of the scientific worldview is one of the fundamental causes of human oppression. This postmodernist view rejects scientific epistemology and often is associated with an anti-realist stance, which ultimately serves to deny the reality of environmental problems, thus (unintentionally) abetting right-wing efforts to scuttle environmental protection. We argue that both the technologically optimistic and the postmodernist views are misguided, and both undermine our ability to address environmental crises. We advocate the adoption of a critical materialist stance, which recognizes the importance of natural science for helping us to understand the world while also recognizing the social embeddedness of the scientific establishment and the need to challenge the manipulation of science by the elite.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
Q
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0038-0245
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
80
pubmed:owner
HMD
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
475-99
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Critical materialism: science, technology, and environmental sustainability.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Oregon.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Historical Article