SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Noble Savage, Risk Society

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: La Torre Aurelie

Document Summary

Earlier humans living in harmony with nature: being one with 5 elements (living in harmony with nature) Water, earth, sky/air, animals, plants: using resources wisely. Not hunting extra for profits/greed: myth of the noble savage (william burch) in western europe in c17. Connection b/w living in a state of nature and being good. Slide 26 shows humans good b/c living with nature. Environment destruction in the past: extinction of animals. Fires and hunts wiped out 75% animals greater than 100 pounds in early. North america: destruction of anasazi civilization (slide 27 pic) Ancient native americans b/w c10 and c12. Living in 4 corners (utah, colorado, arizona, new mexico) Cut down more trees forest stripped beyond belief travel far for wood migration disrupted big pop. into smaller groups mingled w/ other tribes. Environment destruction major factor in collapse of the civilization. Seeing interconnections: local actions have global consequences (ddt example in class, ecosystem = interconnection of life in finely balanced cycles.