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科目名稱：宗教、環境與「人類世」

Course Name: Religions, the Environment, and the Age of the Anthropocene

學年學期：112-2 Spring Semester, 2024
科目代碼：153489001 Course No.153489001

修別：選

Type of Credit: Elective

3.0

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課程資料Course Details

開課單位：歷史碩一、歷史博一、歷史碩二、歷史博二 Course Department:History/G/1&2
授課老師：吳孟軒 Instructor: WU Albert Monshan
先修科目：無Prerequisite(N/A)
上課時間：一D56 Session: mon13-16

課程簡介Course Description

「人類世」是近期人文和社會科學領域中出現的最有創造力的概念之一。「人類世」被定義為人類成為主要地質動力的時代。學者們注意到在一個劇烈的氣候變化的時代，人類機構的力量和脆弱性，而且正如迪佩什-查克拉巴蒂（Dipesh Chakrabarty）所認為，它進一步挑戰了傳統的學術學科界限。儘管最近關於「人類世」的研究興趣日漸成熟，但試圖將宗教史與人類世研究進行對話的研究相對較少。人類世的研究如何能闡明現有的大量宗教信仰和實踐的研究？反之，宗教思想和禮俗中能夠幫助我們了解人類集體面臨的氣候危機？在這個課程裡，我們將透過對世界不同的宗教信仰和禮俗來探索「人類世」研究和宗教研究的交叉點。「人類世」的研究如何能闡明現有的大量宗教信仰？反之，宗教思想和實踐的轉變又如何能闡明人類集體面臨的氣候危機？

本課程將依學生上課情形逐步調整內容與進度。

The concept of the “Anthropocene,” defined as the era when humans became the primary geological agents, has been one of the most generative concepts to emerge within the humanities and social sciences. Studies of the Anthropocene have brought to attention the power and fragility of human agency in the face of significant climate change. Furthermore, as Dipesh Chakrabarty has noted, it has challenged the conventional boundaries of scholarly disciplines. Despite the increase in studies on the Anthropocene, there has been relatively little exploration of how religious history intersects with the emergence of Anthropocene studies. In this course, we ask: how can studies of the Anthropocene provide insight into existing studies of religious belief and practice? Likewise, how can transformations in religious thought and practice inform our understanding of the collective climate crises we face?

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課程目標與學習成效Course Objectives & Learning Outcomes

本課程將依學生上課情形逐步調整內容與進度。本課程重視問題意識的培養與研究能力的提升。本課程以討論課程為主。教師先作簡單的介紹，引導同學參與討論。藉由研讀當代知名學術論作以及一手資料，本課程有三項具體目標與預期成效：

增進學生對於「人類世」、和「宗教史」的認識；
培訓學生研究「人類世」、和「宗教史」的專業能力；
拓展學生跨領域的視野，增進人文學與其他學科的對話。

每周課程進度與作業要求 Course Schedule & Requirements

教學週次Course Week	彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week	彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type
16+2週16+2 weeks	第 4 週 Week 4	參與校內外課程相關學習活動或社會服務Participation in on-campus or off-campus learning activities or community service related to the course
16+2週16+2 weeks	第 18 週 Week 18	完成指定課後作業或作品Completion of designated after-course assignment or work

週次	課程主題	課程內容與指定閱讀	教學活動與作業
1	Introduction to the course： What does religion have to do with the Anthropocene?	Welcome to the Anthropocene (3:28 video) 張君玫，2020，人類世的多樣性政治吳易叡，人類世：跨學科的愛恨情仇，歷史學柑仔店	Lecture, Discussion, Small Group work.
2	The Anthropocene	西蒙．路易斯/ 馬克．馬斯林, 人類世的誕生 [Simon Lewis and Mark Maslin, The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene] selections	Lecture, Discussion, Small Group work Due before class: weekly annotation.
3	The Great Divergence and the Great Acceleration	西蒙．路易斯/ 馬克．馬斯林, 人類世的誕生 [Simon Lewis and Mark Maslin, The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene] selections Dipesh Chakrabarty, “The Climate of History: Four Theses.”	Lecture, Discussion, Small Group work Due before class: weekly annotation.
4	Samuel Moyn Visit	Samuel Moyn Lecture	Attend Samuel Moyn Lecture
5	The Anthropocene from non-human perspectives :	齋藤幸平，人類世的「資本論」：決定人類命運的第四條路， selections.	Lecture, Discussion, Small Group work Due before class: weekly annotation.
6	The Anthropocene from non-human perspectives II	安娜・羅文豪普特・秦《末日松茸：資本主義廢墟世界中的生活可能》。謝孟璇譯，第一到第二部。	Lecture, Discussion, Small Group work Due before class: weekly annotation.
7	The Anthropocene from non-human perspectives III	安娜・羅文豪普特・秦《末日松茸：資本主義廢墟世界中的生活可能》。謝孟璇譯，第三到第四部。	Lecture, Discussion, Small Group work Due before class: weekly annotation. Also, First Short Essay Due
8	What does religion have to do with it?	White, Lynn. “The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis.” Science, vol. 155, no. 3767, 1967, pp. 1203–07. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1720120. Accessed 5 Feb. 2024. Elspeth Whitney, Lynn White Jr.'s “The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis” after Fifty Years Whitney A. Bauman, What's Left (Out) of the Lynn White Narrative?	Lecture, Discussion, Small Group work Due before class: weekly annotation.
9	Ecology and Religion	鄧元尉，「宗教的生態意義：關於「生態與宗教」領域的方法論反思」，輔仁宗教研究，<-->卷，<34>期(2017-03-01)：43-88。 Roger S. Gottlieb, This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment (Selections).	Lecture, Discussion, Small Group work Due before class: weekly annotation.
10	Christianity	包衡, 聖經生態學：重探人與萬物的關係 [Selections] 教宗方濟各《願祢受讚頌》	Lecture, Discussion, Small Group work Due before class: weekly annotation.
11	Buddhism	佛教與生態學：佛教的環境倫理與環保實踐》，林朝成、黃國清、謝美霜譯。臺北：法鼓文化。（Selections）	Lecture, Discussion, Small Group work Due before class: weekly annotation.
12	Chinese Traditions	莊慶信, 中西環境哲學 : 一個整合的進路 [Selections] 劉翠溶，「中國歷史上關於山林川澤的觀念和制度」。	Lecture, Discussion, Small Group work Due before class: weekly annotation.
13	Indigenous Traditions I	李宜澤(Yi-Tze Lee), “人類世下的原住民：地景敘事與基礎建設認識論” 中外文學； 49卷1期 (2020 / 03 / 31) ， P133 – 143. 馬上瘋檳榔，從「人類世」出發，台灣的原住民族如何理解、回應新冠肺炎疫情？黃心雅（2022）《離散‧記憶‧復振：跨太平洋原住民書寫與實踐》。台北：書林。[Selections]	Lecture, Discussion, Small Group work Due before class: weekly annotation.
14	Indigenous Traditions II	張珣, 江燦騰, 宗教環境學與臺灣大眾信仰變遷新視野（第一卷）[Selections]	Lecture, Discussion, Small Group work Due before class: weekly annotation. Also: Second Short Essay Due
15	Religion Environmentalism’s Critics	Andreas Malm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline Jens Koehrsen, Julia Blanc, Fabian Huber, “How "green" can religions be? Tensions about religious environmentalism.”	Lecture, Discussion, Small Group work Due before class: weekly annotation.
16	Ecology and Ecofeminism	張君玫，人類世中的女性主義：立足點、地方與實踐，中外文學49(1), 13-60。張君玫，人類世中的蓋婭政治，藝術觀點ACT，冬季號，第80期，頁 9-13。	Lecture, Discussion, Small Group work Due before class: weekly annotation. Draft of Research Prospectus Due
17	Dying in the Anthropocene	伊莉莎白·克爾伯特，《第六次大滅絕：不自然的歷史》[Selections]	Lecture, Discussion, Small Group work Due before class: weekly annotation. Peer Review of Research Prospectus Due
18	Wrap-up and Final Presentations	Presentations of Research Prospectus and Final Research Prospectus Due	Presentations of Research Prospectus and Final Research Prospectus Due

授課方式Teaching Approach

20%

講述 Lecture

40%

討論 Discussion

25%

小組活動 Group activity

10%

數位學習 E-learning

其他： Others:

評量工具與策略、評分標準成效Evaluation Criteria

Participation (Attendance, Participation, Leading Discussions) You will asked to introduce readings twice in the semester 25%
Weekly Annotations 25%
2 Short Essays that put at least 3 readings in conversation with each. Due on Week 7 and Week 14 10%
Draft of Research Prospectus and Peer Review Due on Week 16 and Week 17 10%
Presentation of Research Prospectus 10% Due Week 18
Final Research Prospectus (15-20 pages, including the 5-8 page historiographical essay on your topic) 20% Due Week 18

指定/參考書目Textbook & References

This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment, ed. by Roger Gottlieb, 2d ed. (Routledge, 2004).
Grounding Religion: A Field Guide to the Study of Religion and Ecology, ed. by Whitney A. Bauman, Richard R. Bohannon II, and Kevin J. O’Brien (Routledge, 2011).
Foltz, R., ed., Worldviews, Religion, & the Environment (Wadsworth, 2003) Gottlieb,Roger,ed.,Oxford Handbook of Religion and Ecology (OxfordUP,2006).
Gottlieb, R., A Greener Faith: Religious Enviromentalism & Our Planet’s Future (Oxford UP, 2006).
Grim, John and Mary Evelyn Tucker. Ecology and Religion. Washington: Island Press. 2014.
Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Religion and the Order of Nature. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1996.
Taylor, B., Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality & the Planetary Future (U. Calif. Press, 2009).
Taylor, B., et al., Encyclopedia of Religion & Nature, 2 vols. (Thoemmes Continuum, 2005).

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