Confronting Ecofascism: Environmental Politics and the Radical Right (Flex)
Instructors: Peter Staudenmaier, Blair Taylor, Michael Premo, and Richard Hames As a self-directed flex course, this can be registered for and taken at any time, at the student’s convenience. Registrants will have access to the full syllabus and reading materials as well as lecture recordings, but without any live classes or discussions. Course Description Although today […]
Food and Climate Justice (Flex)
Reading materials and lecture recordings provided. Instructors Brian Tokar and Grace Gershuny. As the world faces intersecting crises of climate, health, and multiple social inequities, movements for climate and food justice are playing a central role toward developing a community-centered grassroots response. These movements share common themes, viewing the sources of these crises in institutions of […]
The Philosophy and Politics of Social Ecology (Flex)
Instructor Chaia Heller This class offers a deep dive into the philosophy and politics of social ecology designed for both newcomers to the theory and for those well versed in Bookchin’s work. Together, we’ll address epistemological questions that offer a rethinking of nature and human nature that transcends racist, patriarchal, and colonial outlooks that, in […]
Solarpunk, Art, and Social Ecological Aesthetics (Flex)
Solarpunk is an emerging visionary utopian aesthetic that critically engages the reality of capitalist catastrophe while maintaining a radical optimism about humanity’s potential for a communal, ecological future. Solarpunk conjures visions of beauty and harmony in both formal and social senses—scenes of vibrant neighborhood life, biophilic architecture, and liberatory uses of jugaad-style technologies. The worlds […]
Rethinking Social Transformation (Flex)
Instructor Rob Ogman A self-directed flex course, with all readings and lecture recordings provided. Rethinking Social Transformation is a five-session online seminar taught by ISE faculty Rob Ogman that explores the challenges and possibilities of linking emancipatory vision to practical political engagement in the current historical context. The course brings Social Ecology into conversation with a variety […]
Frankfurt School Critical Theory (Flex)
Offered as a self-directed flex course. All readings and lecture recordings are provided. Frankfurt School Critical Theory is a famously rich yet challenging body of work. These transdisciplinary thinkers have been a foundational influence on social ecology, which has drawn on their penetrating analyses of a wide array of topics including capitalism, fascism, modernity, reason, science […]
Feminism and Ecofeminism: A Social Ecology Approach (Flex)
As a self-directed flex course, this can be registered for and taken at any time, at the student’s convenience. Registrants will have access to the full syllabus and reading materials as well as lecture recordings, but without any live classes or discussions. This class explores the many stranded feminist and ecofeminist movements, looking at their various […]
Commune, Council, Party: Marxism and Direct Democracy (Flex)
As a self-directed flex course, this can be registered for and taken at any time, at the student’s convenience. Registrants will have access to the full syllabus and reading materials as well as lecture recordings, but without any live classes or discussions. This course is a deep study of Marxist political theory and its dynamic, contradictory […]
History and Philosophy of Biology (Flex)
As a self-directed flex course, this can be registered for and taken at any time, at the student’s convenience. Registrants will have access to the full syllabus and reading materials as well as lecture recordings, but without any live classes or discussions. This course will provide an overview of the historical development of various strands of […]
Ecology, Democracy, Utopia: Introduction to Social Ecology (Flex)
As a self-directed flex course, this can be registered for and taken at any time, at the student’s convenience. Registrants will have access to the full syllabus and reading materials as well as lecture recordings, but without any live classes or discussions. This course introduces students to social ecology: an interdisciplinary body of ideas that […]
