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John Meyer's Book "Engaging the Everyday: Environmental Social Criticism and the Resonance Dilemma" Published

17.03.2015

John M. Meyer, Engaging the Everyday: Environmental Social Criticism and the Resonance Dilemma has now been released. In Engaging the Everyday, John Meyer considers this impediment to action on environmental problems—which he terms “the resonance dilemma”—and argues that an environmental agenda that emerges from everyday concerns would resonate more deeply with ordinary citizens. Meyer explores the contours of this alternative, theorizing both obstacles and opportunities and then considering it in terms of three everyday areas of material practice: land use, transportation by automobile, and home dwelling.

The book was written during Meyer's time at the RCC and was published with the center's assistance. More details can be found here.