the ideology of environmental domination
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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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Ideology of Environmental Domination
Lecture Part 4
SOC165
Spring 2010
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In Part 4In Part 4HEP-NEP and Environmental Sociology
Riley Dunlap William Catton
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HEP
• HEP: “Human exemptionalism paradigm”
• Ideology that the physical environment is irrelevant to the study of society
• Describes mainstream Sociological worldview
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HEP
• Dunlap & Catton: Society has been characterized by a Dominant Social Paradigm
• So has the field of Sociology
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• 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?
HEP vs. NEP
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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
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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
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SummaryIn 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
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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.