On the Origins of Late Modernity: Environmentalism and the construction of a critical global consciousness
Keywords:
late modernity, environmentalism, critical global consciousnessAbstract
This paper argues that environmentalism as a worldview has played an important and often underappreciated role in the transition from early to late modernity. Specifically, we posit that environmentalism was one of the first discourses to directly challenge early modernist ‘grand narratives’ about progress, predictability, and the triumph of humanity over nature, and to establish competing narratives about globalism, uncertainty, cosmopolitanism, and scepticism of authority. In helping to establish and legitimize these themes, environmentalism has shaped modern society in ways that go well beyond specific environmental issues.
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