RELST-269 Buddhist Environmentalism

This course explores the conjunction of Buddhism and environmentalism. In the first part of the course, we consider advocates of Buddhist environmentalism, or “eco-Buddhists.” We consider a variety of positions before focusing on those who critique current structures of political economy. In Part II, we consider critics of the Buddhism-environmentalism conjunction, who raise the objection that historical Buddhists never held commitments like those of modern-day environmentalists. Our job will then in Part III of the course involve making sense of these critiques on the way to a historically responsible description of what a modern Buddhist environmentalism might be.

Maximum Enrollment

Standard Course (40)

Credits

1

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