[SOC 3380] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (115 pages long)

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3380
• Professor: Anthony Winson

Document Summary

Two track approach, one around world views and one around concrete real world environmental issues. We need to consider the consequences of certain value orientation. Concept of (cid:498)worldviews(cid:499) to help us understand how we have and do now, think. Worldview as a (cid:498)comprehensive set of assumptions that shape our about nature understanding, knowing and valuing e. g. political orientations. It determines our method of analyzing environmental problems and constructing solutions, shapes how we conduct our lives. Morito argues dominant modern worldview promotes intellectual and emotional detachment from the environment. Environment is out there, a hostile force, a cost, something to be consumed, rarely something to be appreciated for what it is. Professional training can narrowly shape and channel our understanding making a border appreciation of nature that much more difficult. He argues we must strive to become ecologically attuned, that is. Bringing our capacities (rational/analytical intuitive) into accord with the multiple modes of our relationship with the environment.