STS200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Henry David Thoreau, Conservation Movement, Environmentalism
20 Oct 2017
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Religious: what is someone says their a conservationist, environmentalism = deeper/simple concern for environment. What is nature: everything that isn"t created by us, agriculture, does belgium have a natural environment, what is nature, what are we preserving, what defines the line, touched by humans no longer natural concern maybe, rural country side. Understood as baseline given, its there and some sort of relationship: western tradition = slow retreat of environ. Way of approaching and understanding the world, a break from previous understanding. Industrial capacity: nature as a resource: industrial and economic development, economic prosperity, political enfranchisement : extending rights and economic prosperity. Conservation: henry david thoreau, wildlife parks as a kind of natural museums. The club of rome: the limits to growth = book. Central aspect : modernity said growth would be limitless, can use technology to overcome limits, provide increasing amounts of food and material wealth.
