Publication of ‘Sociological Imagination is an Ecological Emergency’
"Sociological Imagination is an Ecological Emergency" ("L'imagination sociologique est une urgence écologique"), the 1st title in the new "Public Issues" series, is an essay by Léo Magnin that invites readers to rethink the ecological crisis through the lens of the social sciences.
In this short, lively and accessible text, Léo Magnin (sociologist, research fellow at the CNRS and member of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Science, Innovation and Society – LISIS) offers an original interpretation of environmental challenges, demonstrating that the ecological crisis is inextricably linked to social issues. This book is aimed at all curious readers (the general public, pupils, teachers, etc.) seeking a better understanding of contemporary ecological issues; it offers insights to help us move beyond preconceptions and renew our perspective on ecological transformations.
In (Sociological Imagination is an Ecological Emergency), Léo Magnin answers this question by inviting us to sharpen our sociological imagination. Through the portrait of a sixty-something environmental police officer, the sociologist enthusiastically takes us on a quest for vanished partridges, little-known statistics
and rapeseed pollinators. Enriched by a wealth of anecdotes and underpinned by a rigorous approach, this original, accessible and educational little book teaches us that environmental issues are also, and always, social issues.
This book is aimed at the general public, who are curious about current debates and seeking tools to analyse and make sense of their society.
Public Issues: a new series to shed light on major societal debates
"Public Issues" is a new series of essays in the humanities and social sciences aimed at a wide audience, edited by Stève Bernardin, a lecturer and researcher at LATTS (Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés), a joint research unit of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées, the CNRS and Université Gustave Eiffel. Providing a forum for researchers in the humanities and social sciences, the series examines and analyses current debates, emphasising the need for dialogue between the humanities, social sciences and engineering sciences.