Hi Michael, I highly recommend *The Human Planet* for this purpose; I assigned it to freshmen and sophomores and it worked very well: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/298/298037/the-human-planet/9780241280881.html
Yours, Thea -- Thea Riofrancos Assistant Professor Department of Political Science Providence College http://www.theariofrancos.com/ On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 9:48 AM Maniates, Michael Fields < michael.mania...@yale-nus.edu.sg> wrote: > Dear gep-ed’ers, > > > > A quick request, if you don’t mind. > > > > I’m on the hunt for a tight reading, accessible to first-semester, > first-year college undergraduates, that wrestles with “capitalism and the > climate crisis.” I’ve found lots of material that argues for the power of > innovation, fueled by the quest for profits in environments where prices > tell the truth (more or less). Certain varieties of capitalism/markets = > good, in other words. And I’ve laid my hands on some scathing critiques of > capitalism that argue for forms of eco-socialism to save the planet. > Capitalism in all forms is the problem, in other words. Most of these, > however, are too polemical for my purposes. I’m looking for something that > unpacks both arguments (and others) and, in the process, comes to its own > conclusions. > > > > Too much to ask for in tight, accessible form? Maybe. But if anything > immediately comes to mind, shoot me a note. Per our gep-ed practices, > send ideas only to me, and I’ll share what I gather in a summary email. > > > > A final note on context: I’d be using the essay for discussion in a small > seminars after a week of exploring “the market” as an overarching social > institution. The entire freshman class is enrolled, and they’d be parsing > the essay in groups of 15 – 18, led by an instructor in the social > sciences. > > > > Many thanks, and best wishes to you all during these difficult times. > > > > Yours, > > Michael > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Important: This email is confidential and may be privileged. If you are > not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify us immediately; you > should not copy or use it for any purpose, nor disclose its contents to any > other person. Thank you. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/KL1PR0601MB20224199011595341D07AEAD8F4D0%40KL1PR0601MB2022.apcprd06.prod.outlook.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/KL1PR0601MB20224199011595341D07AEAD8F4D0%40KL1PR0601MB2022.apcprd06.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAKw%3DA8dj6u7%3DYOPF2kyP%3DYOiPWK2GCdNvs2uzrfZwr4JyGs_6A%40mail.gmail.com.
