Since the end of the 19th century, the planet has been experiencing an unprecedented ecological upheaval caused by human activity. This crisis forces us to rethink our actions and to consider a transformation of our way of doing politics. This course offers to explore the main political and moral theories that have been developed to face this new reality and to imagine political solutions to it (environmental ethics, critique of technology, radical ecology, ecological democracy, etc.). The study of these different proposals allows us to address a certain number of questions that are at the heart of contemporary political debates: what moral obligations do we have towards nature and living beings? Should we recognize a crime of ecocide? Can we fight against the ideology of technical progress and invent new forms of life that are more resilient and respectful of the environment? Should we reaffirm the importance of the precautionary principle in public action? Or imagine a new social and ecological contract that would include non-human life forms and future generations?
Adrien ESTÈVE,Clara PERSONAT
Cours magistral seul
English
Autumn 2022-2023
- Groupwork (groups of three, essay on a topic chosen from a list provided by the instructor to be submitted before session 7): 40% of the final grade;
- Final exam during session 12 (date to be confirmed): 60% of the final grade
Dobson Andrew, Green Political Theory, (4ème éd), London, Routledge, 2007.