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The Notion of Nature in Modern Societies

Class at Faculty of Social Sciences |
JTM468

Syllabus

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 distanciation 1/2 11.3. The Anthropological Perspective of Nature and Culture Distanciation 2/2 22.3. Enlightenment and the Nature of the Humankind: between Civilization and Wilderness  18.3. Natural Landscape between visual art and politics 25.3. Preservationism in the indutrial era. 8.4. The rise of the ecological movements 22.4. The rise of environmental sciences  29.4. Politics and nature in contemporary societies 1/2  6.5. Politics and nature in contemporary societies 2/2   13.6. Conclusion    

Annotation

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.