POLS 110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Antihumanism, Rationality, Environmentalism

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 110
• Professor: Oded Haklai

Document Summary

Earlier societies had closer links to the landscape therefore were less capable of widespread damage. Changes in obvious environmental damage after the industrial revolution lead to . First wave of environmentalism: early anti-industry utopian socialists and anarchists, marx"s critique of alienation from nature as part of his critique of capitalism fascist links to people and the landscape o. A response to the recognition of the impact humans were now having on the environment. Free market environmentalism an emphasis on individual solutions (liberalism -- most common form) buy green invest green = voluntary restraints on behaviour problematic: doesn"t challenge contemporary political culture based on individualism. Reform environmentalism government intervention is needed because of high risk to the environment conflict between corporate (profit) and individual needs government can and should influence individual decision making (eg. carbon tax) government can and should assist in reducing risks. Deep ecology: separation of culture from nature often with anti-humanist bio- centric rhetoric.