Graham Parkes is Professorial Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria. For over thirty years he has taught environmental philosophies and Asian and comparative thought at UC Santa Cruz, the University of Hawaii, and universities in China, Japan, and Europe. He is the editor of Nietzsche and Asian Thought (1991) and author of Composing the Soul: Reaches of Nietzsche's Psychology (1994).

[A] superbly written book, which unlike most books on the environmental crisis, does more than expose the whats, the whys, and the hows of an extremely urgent, life-threatening global situation ... Climate Crisis is a must-read for anyone who wants to make an informed contribution to this discussion, but, more importantly, for anyone who is willing to change their way of thinking and living with the help of good research and good philosophy.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductions (Background and Book)Part One Reality & Alternatives1. The Reality of Global Heating2. Specious Promethean SolutionsPart Two Covert Operations, Outrageous Obstructions3. The Rise of the Libertarians4. The Financial Clout of Fossil Fuels5. The Political Power of the Religious RightPart Three Finer Philosophies & Fairer Politics6. Libertarian Limitations, Religion’s Contributions7. Political Philosophies, Greek and ChinesePart Four Lower Consumption, Higher Fulfilment8. Sage Advice from the Ancients9. A Good Life with Congenial ThingsInconclusions (What and How?)NotesSelect BibliographySuggestions for Further ReadingIndex

Graham Parkes is Professorial Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria. For over thirty years he has taught environmental philosophies and Asian and comparative thought at UC Santa Cruz, the University of Hawaii, and universities in China, Japan, and Europe. He is the editor of Nietzsche and Asian Thought (1991) and author of Composing the Soul: Reaches of Nietzsche's Psychology (1994).

[A] superbly written book, which unlike most books on the environmental crisis, does more than expose the whats, the whys, and the hows of an extremely urgent, life-threatening global situation ... Climate Crisis is a must-read for anyone who wants to make an informed contribution to this discussion, but, more importantly, for anyone who is willing to change their way of thinking and living with the help of good research and good philosophy.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductions (Background and Book)Part One Reality & Alternatives1. The Reality of Global Heating2. Specious Promethean SolutionsPart Two Covert Operations, Outrageous Obstructions3. The Rise of the Libertarians4. The Financial Clout of Fossil Fuels5. The Political Power of the Religious RightPart Three Finer Philosophies & Fairer Politics6. Libertarian Limitations, Religion’s Contributions7. Political Philosophies, Greek and ChinesePart Four Lower Consumption, Higher Fulfilment8. Sage Advice from the Ancients9. A Good Life with Congenial ThingsInconclusions (What and How?)NotesSelect BibliographySuggestions for Further ReadingIndex

Graham Parkes is Professorial Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria. For over thirty years he has taught environmental philosophies and Asian and comparative thought at UC Santa Cruz, the University of Hawaii, and universities in China, Japan, and Europe. He is the editor of Nietzsche and Asian Thought (1991) and author of Composing the Soul: Reaches of Nietzsche's Psychology (1994).

[A] superbly written book, which unlike most books on the environmental crisis, does more than expose the whats, the whys, and the hows of an extremely urgent, life-threatening global situation ... Climate Crisis is a must-read for anyone who wants to make an informed contribution to this discussion, but, more importantly, for anyone who is willing to change their way of thinking and living with the help of good research and good philosophy.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductions (Background and Book)Part One Reality & Alternatives1. The Reality of Global Heating2. Specious Promethean SolutionsPart Two Covert Operations, Outrageous Obstructions3. The Rise of the Libertarians4. The Financial Clout of Fossil Fuels5. The Political Power of the Religious RightPart Three Finer Philosophies & Fairer Politics6. Libertarian Limitations, Religion’s Contributions7. Political Philosophies, Greek and ChinesePart Four Lower Consumption, Higher Fulfilment8. Sage Advice from the Ancients9. A Good Life with Congenial ThingsInconclusions (What and How?)NotesSelect BibliographySuggestions for Further ReadingIndex