Summer 2024 History BC3177 section 002

SCARCITY: ECONOMY AND NATURE

Capitalism and Climate Ch

Call Number 00046
Day & Time
Location
TR 1:00pm-5:00pm
113 MILSTEIN CEN
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Carl Wennerlind
Type SEMINAR
Course Description

Current patterns of economic growth are no longer environmentally sustainable. Global industrialization and the associated transference of carbon from the ground to the air are leading to a rapid exhaustion of resources and a warming of the planet. These changes have triggered a set of dangerous climactic transformations that are likely to cause massive ecological disruptions and disturbances of food production systems. These changes, in turn, might have a profound impact on poverty, migration, and geopolitics. To better understand how we have arrived at the present predicament, this seminar explores the history of how social and economic theorists have conceptualized the interaction between the economy and nature. The focus will be on the concept of scarcity as a way of understanding the relationship between economic growth and environmental sustainability. The course begins in the Renaissance and traces the evolution of the nature/economy nexus to the present.

Web Site Vergil
Subterm 05/20-06/28 (A)
Department BARNARD SUMMER PROGRAMS
Enrollment 0 students (10 max) as of 12:05PM Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Subject History
Number BC3177
Section 002
Division Barnard College
Note All Columbia students must register for Section 002
Section key 20242HIST3177X002