ENVS 026. Climate Enlightenments

(Cross-listed with HIST 023B)

This course is a comparative intellectual history of climate change. The first half of the course will trace a genealogy of “climate science” starting with the Enlightenment. The second half of the course will explore alternative frameworks - Indigenous, subaltern, theological, theosophic and poetic - for thinking about climate as a site of human action.
Concentrations: Science, Medicine, and Environment
Social Sciences.
Prerequisite: Previous course in the department or social sciences, AP/IB credit, or permission of the instructor.
Social Sciences.
Eligible for Eligible for ENVS. Method/Theory. Concentrations: Science, Medicine, and Environment
Spring 2025. Azfar.
Catalog chapter: Environmental Studies
Department website: Environmental Studies

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