Ecopsychology - Science, Totems, and the Technological Species (Paperback)

An ecopsychology that integrates our totemic selves-our kinship with a more than human world-with our technological selves. We need nature for our physical and psychological well-being. Our actions reflect this when we turn to beloved pets for companionship, vacation in spots of natural splendor, or spend hours working in the garden. Yet we are also a technological species and have been since we fashioned tools out of stone. Thus one of this century's central challenges is to embrace our kinship with a more-than-human world-"our totemic self"-and integrate that kinship with our scientific culture and technological selves. This book takes on that challenge and proposes a reenvisioned ecopsychology. Contributors consider such topics as the innate tendency for people to bond with local place; a meaningful nature language; the epidemiological evidence for the health benefits of nature interaction; the theory and practice of ecotherapy; Gaia theory; ecovillages; the neuroscience of perceiving natural beauty; and sacred geography. Taken together, the essays offer a vision for human flourishing and for a more grounded and realistic environmental psychology.

General

Imprint:	MIT Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Ecopsychology
Release date:	July 2012
First published:	2012
Editors:	Peter H. Kahn • Patricia H. Hasbach
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	345
ISBN-13:	978-0-262-51778-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmentalist thought & ideology Promotions
LSN:	0-262-51778-7
Barcode:	9780262517782

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