Title Radical ecopsychology : psychology in the service of life / Andy Fisher ; foreword by David Abram

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 306 pages) Series SUNY series in radical social and political theory SUNY series in radical social and political theory. Contents Groundwork. The project of ecopsychology -- The problem with normal -- Nature and experience. Beginning with experience -- From humanistic to naturalistic psychology -- Naturalistic psychology: a sketch -- Making sense of suffering in a technological world Summary Annotation Noting that the use of the term "radical" in the title of this work is redundant, private psychotherapist Fisher nevertheless includes it because it reflects two basic characteristics of his project. The "naturalistic" psychology proposed by Fisher is radical, in the sense of root causes, by insisting that the human mind be firmly located within the greater natural world. Radical also in the more commonly used sense of the word, his work also insists that ecopsychology should lead to a critical framework in which it is recognized that "a society that is organized primarily to serve the expansion of capital ... must increasingly exploit both humans and the natural world, and so generate a state of psychospiritual ruin and ecological crisis." Borrowing from the existentialists, Fisher insists that the human experience should be grounded in a natural world that is not a fallen realm to be transcended, but is the "everyday ground of our limited and mysterious human existence." Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-298) and index Notes Print version record Subject Environmental psychology. Nature -- Psychological aspects Environmentalism -- Psychological aspects Conservation of natural resources. Ecology. Psychology. Conservation of Natural Resources Ecology Nature Psychology Environmental Psychology Quality of Life -- psychology environmental psychology. ecology. psychology. PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Health. Psychology Ecology Conservation of natural resources Environmental psychology Environmentalism -- Psychological aspects Nature -- Psychological aspects Form Electronic book ISBN 0585463727 9780585463728 0791453030 9780791453032 0791453049 9780791453049 9780791488928 0791488926

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