Nature and Psyche : Radical Environmentalism and the Politics of Subjectivity

David W. Kidner

ISBN 10: 0791447529 / ISBN 13: 9780791447529

Edité par State University Of New York Press Nov 2000, 2000

A propos de cet article

Neuware - Underscores the limitations of traditional psychology to envision a more healthy ecological and psychological future.Nature and Psyche argues that psychological and environmental writing and action are all too often colonized by the same assumptions that inhibit ecological and cultural diversity. Industrialized monocultures conceal the character of our alienation from nature and, thus, prevent the emergence of effective solutions. Drawing on a diversity of disciplines, David Kidner illustrates that traditional psychological understanding is often inherently hostile to the natural order, and that the dominant form of selfhood that has emerged in the industrialized world promotes the domestication of nature. In fact, even some of the most radical environmentalists, who simplistically oppose technology, are also trapped within this paradigm. The author demonstrates that a more critical historical and cultural awareness, rooted in nature, can enable a re-integration of nature and psyche.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Nature and Psyche : Radical Environmentalism and the Politics of Subjectivity
• Éditeur: State University Of New York Press Nov 2000
• Date de parution: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0791447529
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780791447529
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 227 L x 149 H x 22 P (en millimètres) 227 millimètres de largeur par 149 millimètres de hauteur par 22 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 526 grammes

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Synopsis

Nature and Psyche argues that psychological and environmental writing and action are all too often colonized by the same assumptions that inhibit ecological and cultural diversity. Industrialized monocultures conceal the character of our alienation from nature and, thus, prevent the emergence of effective solutions. Drawing on a diversity of disciplines, David Kidner illustrates that traditional psychological understanding is often inherently hostile to the natural order, and that the dominant form of selfhood that has emerged in the industrialized world promotes the domestication of nature. In fact, even some of the most radical environmentalists, who simplistically oppose technology, are also trapped within this paradigm. The author demonstrates that a more critical historical and cultural awareness, rooted in nature, can enable a re-integration of nature and psyche.

À propos de l'auteur

David W. Kidner is Senior Lecturer in Psychology in the Humanities and Communication Studies Programmes at Nottingham Trent University.