Annotation
Environmental sociology searches for answers to questions related to the interconnectedness of the natural environment and society. In late modern society, environmental issues have substantial (and existential) importance and environmental sociology quickly has become an established and rapidly evolving discipline with an important interdisciplinary role. This course is an introduction to environmental sociology and the issues the discipline investigates and discusses. Given the aims of the course and the discipline, students are encouraged to participate in the selection of topics covered in classes according to their personal and/or professional interests.
Study materials will be available on Moodle (https://dl1.cuni.cz/enrol/index.php?id=777).
Exam: presentations, tests
The lectures take place at Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Sociology, Celetná 13, Praha 1, room 1.09.