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This lesson proposes a reflexive discussion on the history, the sociology and the politics of nature in Modern societies. Drawing from classical references coming from philosophical and social anthropological works on the dichotomies between nature and culture, wilderness and civilization, nature's exploitation and it's preservation, the lesson intends to provide students with key issues related to the modern mode of existence (Latour, 2018) and its link to environmental risks. Poslední úprava: Bauer Paul, Dr. (07.02.2024)
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Structured both chronologically and thematically, this course has two objectives: first, it offers a long term (end of the 17th century-beginning of 21th) evolution of the nature conception in modern societies. Second, it proposes a multidisciplinary reflection on social researches dedicated to the study of the "Great Divide" between nature and culture, wilderness and civilization. Poslední úprava: Bauer Paul, Dr. (07.02.2024)
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Active participation (10%) Students are required do read the mandatory texts for each class and be prepared to answer questions related to it in the class. Class Presentation (40%) 25 mn presentation Paper based on the presentation (50%) A-F grade's system Students will write a short paper about the chosen presentation's topic. Minimum length: 6400 characters with spaces. Send the paper to Pauli Bauer (paulibauer@gmail.com). Due date for the paper: 31May, 2024. No late submissions accepted! Grading is based on the Dean's Measure no. 20/2019: https://fsv.cuni.cz/deans-measure-no-20/2019
Poslední úprava: Bauer Paul, Dr. (07.02.2024)
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On modernity, Nature and culture: Philippe Descola: Beyond Nature and Culture, Chicago University Press, 2013 Philippe Descola & Gisli Palson, Nature and Society, Anthropological Perspective, Routledge, 1996. Bruno Latour, An Inquiry into Modes of Existence. An Anthropology of the Moderns, Harvard University Press, 2018 Anthony Giddens, The consequences of Modernity, Stanford University Press, 1991. Mark Elvin, "Concepts of Nature, China and Europe in Comparative Perspective", New Left Review, 64, July/August, 2010 see link: https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii64/articles/mark-elvin-concepts-of-nature Classical references: Hobbes, The Leviathan, 1651. Montesquieu, The Spirit of Laws, 1750. Kant, Critique of pure reason, 1781. Kant Critique of the Power of Judgment, 1790. Sociology of Environment: - John Bellamy Foster and Hannah Holleman, ‘Weber and the Environment: Classical Foundations for a Postexemptionalist Sociology’, American Journal of Sociology 117, no. 6 (May 2012): 1625–73, - De Steiguer, Joseph Edward. The Origins of Modern Environmental Thought. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2006. - Islam, Md. "Sustainability through the Lens of Environmental Sociology: An Introduction". Sustainability 9, no. 3 (22 March 2017): 474. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9030474. - John Bellamy Foster, "Marx’s Theory of Metabolic Rift: Classical Foundations for Environmental Sociology". American Journal of Sociology 105, no. 2 (September 1999): 366–405. https://doi.org/10.1086/210315. - Patricia Matthews, "Scientific Knowlegde and the Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature", The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Winter, 2002, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 37-48. Politics of nature: Anthony Giddens, The Politics of Climate Changes, Polity, 2009. Bruno Latour, The Politics of Nature, Harvard University Press, 2004. Optional readings: Books that shaped congtemporary environnemental awareness Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, Penguin book, 2000 (firs ed.1962). Michael Mann, The New Climate War, Public affairs, 2021. Naomi Oreskes & Erik M. Conway, The Merchants of Doubt, How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Climate Change, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011. Poslední úprava: Lochmanová Sára, Bc. (31.01.2024)
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Each session is divided into two parts: a formal lecture, and a seminar type discussion animated by a student presentation. The class is a presence learning lesson taking place at Jinonice Campus, Room B318.
Poslední úprava: Bauer Paul, Dr. (29.01.2024)
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Nature in Modernity When: Monday from 15:30 to 16:50 Where: Jinonice, Room B318
19.2. Introduction 26.2. Modernity 4.3. The Anthropological Perspective of Nature and Culture Distancing 1/2 11.3. The Anthropological Perspective of Nature and Culture Distancing 2/2 18.3. Enlightenment and the Nature of Humans: Between Civilization and Wilderness 25.3.Natural Landscape between Visual Art and Politics 8.4 Preservationism in the Industrial Era. 15.4. The Rise of the Ecological Movements, Irina, Iakovos 22.4. The Rise of Environmental Sciences, Karolina 29.4. Politics and Nature in contemporary societies, the Foundation of a New Ecology, Patrick 6.5. Conclusion
Poslední úprava: Bauer Paul, Dr. (25.03.2024)
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