The Fate of the Earth

by Jonathan Schell

Hardcover, 1982

Status

Available

Call number

UF767 .S2365

Publication

Knopf (1982), Edition: 1st ed, Hardcover, 244 pages

Description

Examines the biological, political, social, and moral consequences of nuclear warfare and asks how such a holocaust might be prevented.

User reviews

LibraryThing member nmele
Nearly thirty years old, this book is still, unfortunately, a must-read. The threat of nuclear war is very real and no one explores its consequences better than Schell.
LibraryThing member vegetarian
Of course, today we are EMPHASIZING climate disruption, and this had been modeled and predicted before. Reflecting analytically about the issues of ecological ethics are not entirely different - STRUCTURALLY - from reflecting analytically about ethical issues in the practice of the professions, nor
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in social values that may be deemed 'unique' (like health, autonomy, freedom for self-realization, etc.). The work of ethical analysis may remain before us.
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Awards

Pulitzer Prize (Finalist — General Non-Fiction — 1983)
LA Times Book Prize (Finalist — 1982)
National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist — General Nonfiction — 1982)
Robert F. Kennedy Book Award (Honorable Mention — 1983)

Language

Physical description

244 p.; 8.3 inches

ISBN

0394525590 / 9780394525594

Barcode

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