Last update: ThDr. Marketa Langer, Ph.D. (10.12.2022)
This course explores both the literature and the reality of environmental activism. The readings draw from social
and political, as well as religious sources; the discussions focus on the moral and ethical conundrums of today’s
citizens, and the ethics of consumer responsibility.
Last update: ThDr. Marketa Langer, Ph.D. (10.12.2022)
This course explores both the literature and the reality of environmental activism. The readings draw from social
and political, as well as religious sources; the discussions focus on the moral and ethical conundrums of today’s
citizens, and the ethics of consumer responsibility.
Syllabus -
Last update: ThDr. Marketa Langer, Ph.D. (10.12.2022)
Overview and discussion: what is activism and what has it done for the environment? The necessary mindset: Aldo Leopold and Thinking like a Mountain. How we got here: Religion, Ecology, and the Historical Roots of our Environmental Crisis by Lynn White jr. How bad it can get: Rachael Carson’s Silent Spring. The Death of Environmentalism and the Paris Accord. What makes change: Julia Hill and the Tree-sitting Movement. Re-building: Paul BlanchFlower and The Dawn of a Forest. The postmodern ecologist: Arne Naess and Deep Ecology. Ecology and the Christian Dilemma. Review and discussion: What is Environmentalism and what does it do for people.
Last update: ThDr. Marketa Langer, Ph.D. (10.12.2022)
Overview and discussion: what is activism and what has it done for the environment? The necessary mindset: Aldo Leopold and Thinking like a Mountain. How we got here: Religion, Ecology, and the Historical Roots of our Environmental Crisis by Lynn White jr. How bad it can get: Rachael Carson’s Silent Spring. The Death of Environmentalism and the Paris Accord. What makes change: Julia Hill and the Tree-sitting Movement. Re-building: Paul BlanchFlower and The Dawn of a Forest. The postmodern ecologist: Arne Naess and Deep Ecology. Ecology and the Christian Dilemma. Review and discussion: What is Environmentalism and what does it do for people.
Course completion requirements -
Last update: ThDr. Marketa Langer, Ph.D. (10.12.2022)
To earn credit for this course, a student must demonstrate his/her understanding of the subject matter through class participation and via examination, both written and oral. Attendance is mandatory: if a student misses a significant number of classes, he/she will be required to write an additional term paper.
Last update: ThDr. Marketa Langer, Ph.D. (10.12.2022)
To earn credit for this course, a student must demonstrate his/her understanding of the subject matter through class participation and via examination, both written and oral. Attendance is mandatory: if a student misses a significant number of classes, he/she will be required to write an additional term paper.
Literature -
Last update: ThDr. Marketa Langer, Ph.D. (10.12.2022)
Compulsory literature:
ABBEY, Edward. The Journey Home. 1st. ed. New York: Dutton Books, 1977. 242 s. ISBN 0525037004.
BLANCHFLOWER, Paul. The Dawn of a Forest. Resurgence. London: Navern Road. 2002, č.211, s. 22-23. ISSN 0034-5970.
GORE JR, Albert. Earth in the Balance. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. 407 s. ISBN-10: 0395578213.
HARDING, Stephan. What is deep ecology?Resurgence. London: Navern Road. 1997, č.185, s. 14-17. ISSN 0034-5970.
HARKINSON, Josh. When Tree Sitters Heart Lumberjacks. Mother Jones. 2008,Issue Nov/Dec. ISSN 0362-8841.
LEOPOLD, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac: With Other Essays on Conservation from Round River.2nd. ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1968. 226 s.
NAESS, Arne. Deep ecology in the line of fire. The Trumpeter, 1995, 12(3). ISSN: 0832-6193.
Thoreau, H. D. (1862). Walking. Atlantic Monthly 9 (June 1862): 657-74.
THOREAU, Henry David. The Atlantic Monthly, A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862, IX (LVI): 657–674.
SHELLENBERGER, Michael a NORDHAUS, Ted. The Death of Environmentalism Global warming politics in a post-environmental world [online]. Copyright 2004 by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, 2004. Dostupné z: http://www.thebreakthrough.org/images/Death_of_Environmentalism.pdf
White, Lynn, jr. (1967). The Historical Roots of our Ecologic Crisis. Science 10 Mar. Vol. 155, Issue 3767
WHITE JR, Lynn. The historical roots of our ecologic crisis. Science, New Series. Washington: American Association for the Advancement of Science. 1967, 155 (3767), s. 1203-1207.
Last update: ThDr. Marketa Langer, Ph.D. (10.12.2022)
Povinná literatura:
ABBEY, Edward. The Journey Home. 1st. ed. New York: Dutton Books, 1977. 242 s. ISBN 0525037004.
BLANCHFLOWER, Paul. The Dawn of a Forest. Resurgence. London: Navern Road. 2002, č.211, s. 22-23. ISSN 0034-5970.
GORE JR, Albert. Earth in the Balance. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. 407 s. ISBN-10: 0395578213.
HARDING, Stephan. What is deep ecology?Resurgence. London: Navern Road. 1997, č.185, s. 14-17. ISSN 0034-5970.
HARKINSON, Josh. When Tree Sitters Heart Lumberjacks. Mother Jones. 2008,Issue Nov/Dec. ISSN 0362-8841.
LEOPOLD, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac: With Other Essays on Conservation from Round River.2nd. ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1968. 226 s.
NAESS, Arne. Deep ecology in the line of fire. The Trumpeter, 1995, 12(3). ISSN: 0832-6193.
Thoreau, H. D. (1862). Walking. Atlantic Monthly 9 (June 1862): 657-74.
THOREAU, Henry David. The Atlantic Monthly, A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862, IX (LVI): 657–674.
SHELLENBERGER, Michael a NORDHAUS, Ted. The Death of Environmentalism Global warming politics in a post-environmental world [online]. Copyright 2004 by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, 2004. Dostupné z: http://www.thebreakthrough.org/images/Death_of_Environmentalism.pdf
White, Lynn, jr. (1967). The Historical Roots of our Ecologic Crisis. Science 10 Mar. Vol. 155, Issue 3767
WHITE JR, Lynn. The historical roots of our ecologic crisis. Science, New Series. Washington: American Association for the Advancement of Science. 1967, 155 (3767), s. 1203-1207.
