Syllabus:

History of environmental thought, 7.5 credits

Swedish name: Miljötänkandets historia

This syllabus is valid: 2017-06-26 valid to 2021-06-06 (newer version of the syllabus exists)

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Course code: 1IH077

Credit points: 7.5

Education level: Second cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: History of Science and Ideas: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements

Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail

Responsible department: Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies

Established by: Faculty of arts, 2017-06-20

Required Knowledge

90 ECTS courses in one subject, including a degree project (15 ECTS), or the equivalent. Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish upper secondary course English A. If the language of instruction is Swedish, applicants must prove proficiency in Swedish to the level required for basic eligibility for higher studies.

Literature

Valid from: 2020 week 26

Benson E.S
Surroundings. A History of Environments and Environmentalisms.
The University of Chicago Press. : 2020 :
Mandatory

The environment : a history of the idea
Warde Paul, Robin Libby, Sörlin Sverker
Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press : [2018] : ix, 244 sidor :
ISBN: 9781421426792
Mandatory
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The collapse of western civilization : a view from the future
Oreskes Naomi, Conway Erik M.
New York : Columbia University Press : 2014 : x, 89 pages :
ISBN: 9780231169547
Mandatory
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The future of nature : documents of global change
Robin Libby, Sörlin Sverker, Warde Paul
New Haven : Yale University Press : 2013. : 564 s. :
ISBN: 9780300184617
Mandatory
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Valid from: 2017 week 21

The Great Acceleration: An Environmental History of the Anthropocene since 1945
McNeill John, Engelke Peter
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press (275 s.) : 2016 :
Mandatory