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.