History of Consciousness
HISC 75 Ecological Crisis and Human Freedom
From climate change to the Sixth Great Extinction to the threat of nuclear warfare, we live in a time of growing ecological devastation and peril. As a result, the very meaning of human societies’ relationships to the ecological worlds they inhabit is increasingly up for question. What is the proper role of humans in nature? How are we to live, and who are we to become, in an age of ecological unraveling? What is to be done in the realms of politics and culture to ensure a livable future? Course examines histories of freedom as both a concept and practice, giving particular focus to forms of collective liberation that consist in acting together with the earth and the other creatures with whom we share this world.
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