Environmental sociology seeks to gain and provide insight into the complex social processes which define, create, and indeed threaten our natural environment. By discussing issues of science and technology, popular culture, economics, urbanization, racial and gender relations, as well as social movements, this course will reach a broad understanding of environmental issues.
This course will use foundational writings from environmental sociologists who investigate the relationships between various environmental and social problems. Their work identifies political ideologies, philosophies, and movements that have continually redefined how we think of nature, society, and sustainability. Mounting environmental problems are intrinsically linked to society and its structures that fixing them may require reconfiguring parts of society. Using a novel as a primary text for the month of March will help us imagine fresh paths towards the political, social, and economic policies capable of ensuring the viability of, not to sound dramatic--the planet.
This course will use foundational writings from environmental sociologists who investigate the relationships between various environmental and social problems. Their work identifies political ideologies, philosophies, and movements that have continually redefined how we think of nature, society, and sustainability. Mounting environmental problems are intrinsically linked to society and its structures that fixing them may require reconfiguring parts of society. Using a novel as a primary text for the month of March will help us imagine fresh paths towards the political, social, and economic policies capable of ensuring the viability of, not to sound dramatic--the planet.
- Teacher: Chloe Tucker
Category: Spring 2024