New article by Prof. Peter J. Jacques compares ‘climate denial’ to ‘Holocaust denial’ — Published in MIT Press Journal [email protected]
Prof. Jacques: 'The question at hand is, 'Why is there a social counter-movement that rejects climate change?' This article begins by first naming this counter-movement 'climate denial' and working through the various apparent options by specifically looking at scholarship on Holocaust denial for insight. Through this insight, we can understand the counter-movement as a reactionary force working to sow confusion for ideological reasons that promote a specific privilege'