Metanarrative and the Environment: A Story of Morality, Agency, and Governance - Paperback

by Stephen James Purdey (Author)

To meet the challenge of global environmental degradation activists have tackled clear and concrete problems such as carbon emissions, climate change and more. In Metanarrative and the Environment, Stephen James Purdey argues that material approaches to the environmental crisis cannot succeed without the power of a new metanarrative.

Author Biography

Stephen James Purdey is an International Relations specialist (PhD, University of Toronto). His academic research focuses on the theoretical and normative attributes of systems of global governance, and on the practical evolution of new forms of global governance to meet current socio-ecological challenges. Now retired, Dr. Purdey worked for several years in the private sector, in Canadian federal politics, and with non- governmental organizations such as the United Nations Association, the World Federalists, and the Earth Council.