Descriptif

Politics of the Ecological Mutation shall be divided into three main "chapters".

The first chapter will be a synthetic presentation of the ecological mutation and the events that led to it (scientific evidence on climate change, biodiversity extinction and resources; nature of the change we are facing; socioeconomic inequalities; climate as an old question; a long list of warnings from the 19^th to the 20^th century; the great acceleration of the 1970s; the age of the Anthropocene; critical perspective on collapsologie and survivalism). 

Next, we will develop a deeper understanding of this mutation through the study of seven different issues (the search for happiness; facts, beliefs and truth; democratic crisis; wars and conflicts: cities: catastrophes and disasters; science and knowledge).

Finally, we will change to a perspective on the cultural dimension of the ecological mutation, in literature, movies and arts.

Through this course, students will gain a better understanding of the ecological mutation and why it is so specific, acquire knowledge of a few key concepts that they can use as tools to reinforce their “critical mind” and improve their ability to argue and express themselves.

This course is not open to International Exchange program students