Preface............................................................................3

Introduction.....................................................................5

History............................................................................6

Major Theoretical Concepts............................................7

Existential dualism............................................................7

Societal-environmental dialectic.......................................7

Treadmill of production...................................................8

Paradigms.......................................................................9

Human Exemptionalism Paradigm (HEP).........................9

New Ecological Paradigm (NEP)....................................11

Specific topics in ............................................................13

Environmental Sociology..................................................13

Issues in Environmental Sociology ...................................21

Class and toxic dump sites...............................................21

Capitalism and the Environment........................................23

The Important Questions..................................................26

Environmental Sociology will challenge .............................26

Environmental beliefs........................................................27

Studying Environmental Sociology ....................................29

Taking Notes From Lectures ...........................................31

Glossary ..........................................................................49