POLI 372 - Sustainability and Environmental Political Thought

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

(Same as ENST 372) Sustainability is arguably the most important principle and practice for the contemporary environmental movement. This course will explore the historical origins of the concept, its various and contested meanings, its relation to other leading dimensions of environmental political thought, and its critics. We will also analyze the relation of sustainability to mass-consumption societies, to democracy, and to the modern state. Mr. Stillman.

Prerequisite: permission of the instructor

One 2-hour period.