Sociology of the Climate Emergency

4 credits · Undergraduate

This course first begins with a brief sketch of the core climate challenges. Then, through a reading of The Human Planet, it undertakes a more holistic, historical approach, which we continue through classic and new work on Black Reconstruction and Indingeous struggles. The historical re-grounding makes up the first half of the class. The second half of the class surveys some of the leading social science, especially sociology, on the climate crisis, building on that broader foundation. We work toward a consideration of whether a climate justice, such as the "Green New Deal," can address the climate emergency.