Fisher Radical Ecopsychology, Second Edition

Psychology in the Service of Life
2. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4384-4477-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 407 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Radical Social and Political Theory

Expanded new edition of a classic examination of the psychological roots of our ecological crisis.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fisher, Andy

Weitere Mitwirkende

Abram, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by David Abram
Preface
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments

Part I. Ground Work

1. The Project of Exopsychology

The Terrain of Ecopsychology
Getting a Handle of the Project
Four Tasks
A Naturalistic and Experimental Approach

2. The Problem with Normal

Discursive Problems
Between the Human and the Natural
In Praise of the Not-So-Normal: The Hermeneutic Dimension
The Symbolic or Metaphorical Nature of Reality and the Discursive Primacy of Rhetoric

Part II. Nature and Experience

3. Beginning with Experience

“Returning to Experience”
Talking About Experience
Experiential Destruction and Ecological Crisis

4. From Humanistic to Naturalistic Psychology

The Irony of Humanistic Psychology
On Nature and Human Nature

5. Naturalistic Psychology: A Sketch

“If We Truly Experience Needs…”
Naturalism
Life as a Hermeneutic Sense-Making Journey
Nature and the Human Life Cycle

Part III. Ecopsychology Today

6. A Decade Later: Still Radical After All These Years

Looking Back, Looking Forward
Situating Ecopsychology: What About Environmental and Conservation Psychology?
Ecopsychology as a Transformation of Psychology
The Ecopsychology Journal and “Second Generation” Ecopsychology
Ecotherapy: The Question of Praxis
Integral Ecology: Agreements and Disagreements
Challenges Ahead

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Andy Fisher is a psychotherapist in private practice.