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The Ideology of Environmental Domination

The Ideology of Environmental Domination. Lecture Part 4 SOC165 Spring 2010. In Part 4. HEP-NEP and Environmental Sociology. Riley Dunlap. William Catton. HEP. HEP: “Human exemptionalism paradigm” Ideology that the physical environment is irrelevant to the study of society

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The Ideology of Environmental Domination

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  1. The Ideology of Environmental Domination Lecture Part 4 SOC165 Spring 2010

  2. In Part 4 HEP-NEP and Environmental Sociology Riley Dunlap William Catton Ideology of Domination ● Part 4

  3. HEP • HEP: “Human exemptionalism paradigm” • Ideology that the physical environment is irrelevant to the study of society • Describes mainstream Sociological worldview Ideology of Domination ● Part 4

  4. HEP • Dunlap & Catton: Society has been characterized by a Dominant Social Paradigm • So has the field of Sociology Ideology of Domination ● Part 4

  5. HEP vs. NEP • HEP should be replaced by “a fundamentally ecological worldview,” a New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) • Dunlap & Catton: Humans are an exceptional species, but not exempt from biophysical influences • Proposing a revolution in Sociology? Ideology of Domination ● Part 4

  6. HEP-NEP and Sociology • Call for reform with Sociology to accept biophysical world as subject of social study & explanatory variable • Replace the anthropocentric and dominating view of HEP • Integrate environmental concern into Sociology Ideology of Domination ● Part 4

  7. Dunlap & Catton • Interactions between society and nature are: • Cognitive: how we think about nature • Behavioral: how we act in relation to nature • Physiological: the actual physical effects of our relationship with nature • Nature is both a dependent and independent variable Ideology of Domination ● Part 4

  8. Summary In this lecture we discussed … • How the Judeo-Christian tradition, individualism, and patriarchy can be seen as creating a world view that legitimates – even encourages – environmental exploitation In the next lecture, we… • Discuss the ideology of environmental concern Ideology of Domination ● Part 4

  9. Citations Used in This Lecture Dunlap, R. and W. Catton. 1979. “Environmental Sociology.” Annual Review of Sociology 5:243-273. Dunlap, R. and W. Catton. 1994. “Struggling with Human Exemptionalism: The Rise, Decline and Revitalization of Environmental Sociology.” The American Sociologist Spring, 5-30. Ideology of Domination ● Part 4

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