CHID 480 E: Special Topics: Advanced Study of the History of Ideas

"THE END OF NATURE: LIFE AND LOVE IN A TIME OF LOSS" THIS SEMINAR INVITES STUDENTS TO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT NATURE AND EXPLORE THE URGENCY OF THIS MOMENT-FROM GLOBAL WARMING TO MASS EXTINCTIONS TO THE CURRENT PANDEMIC AND PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY. THINKING WITH "NATURE," STUDENTS WILL EXAMINE THE POLITICS OF LIFE AND LOSS TO EXPLORE THE FRAUGHT CATEGORY OF "THE HUMAN," ENGAGE WITH THE IMPACTS OF EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY, CONSIDER THE VITALITY OF TREES AND GLACIERS, AND DISCUSS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GRIEF AND RAGE IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS. IN OUR READINGS, DISCUSSIONS, AND WRITTEN WORK, WE WILL CENTER RACE, INDIGENEITY, COLONIALITY, DISABILITY, SEXUALITY, AND OTHER VECTORS OF DIFFERENCE. OFFERED VIA REMOTE LEARNING