Political Science 391GP - S-Green Politics and Theory

This course is designed to appeal to students interested in Environmental Studies (specifically environmentalist social movements) as well as those interested in Political Theory, or both. In the context of the current ecological crises (global climate change, the proliferation of nuclear energy and weapons, bees? extinction, pollution in general?), environmental thought and politics have boomed. During the first half of the semester, we will survey important schools of thought within what has come to be called ?ecosophy? or ?environmental political theory? (EPT). This survey will be focusing on environmentalist critiques of the relationship between and concepts of nature, ecology, the environment, on the one hand, and humans, society, politics on the other. We will investigate other key problems posed by major environmentalist thinkers, movements, and political figures (activists, science fiction novelists, artists, etc).

Open to Senior, Junior and Sophomore POLISCI majors & minors.