PS 355 Green Political Thought
This course applies the ecological paradigm to the traditional concerns of political theory, such as the sources of power and authority, the struggle for justice, individual rights and communal obligations, and the search for normative foundations for human action. It explores competing conceptions of the relationship between human societies and the natural world, and addresses such issues as environmental ethics, sustainability, green parties, environmentalism and the left/right axis, and animal rights, with a special emphasis on new forms of environmental activism on political theory and practice.