PHIL 300GGG - Gender and the Environment

Institution:

Westminster College (Salt Lake City)

Subject:

Philosophy

Description:

How does the exploitation of the environment relate to the oppression of women? Why do traditional views of women tie them together with animals and land? What can indigenous knowledges offer to contemporary pushes for sustainability? How can advocating for women's rights around the globe promote environmentalism as well? In this class, we will explore these questions and many nothers as we read about historic and contemporary environmental movements led by women and examine theories about how developmental movements became gendered. This class will be interdisciplinary, considering historical, political, and sociological issues alongside philosophical theories. It will also be rooted in the concept of intersectionality, looking at how the concerns about gender and the environment can never be separated from concepts of race and class.

Credits:

2.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.westminstercollege.edu

Phone Number:

(801) 484-7651

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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