Ecopsychology Science, Totems, and the Technological Species

Name: Ecopsychology Science, Totems, and the Technological Species
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ISBN: 9780262517782

ISBN-10: 0262517787

ISBN-13: 9780262517782

Edition: 2012

Authors: Peter H. Kahn, Patricia H. Hasbach

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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…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 7/20/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Acknowledgments


About the Contributors


Introduction to Ecopsychology: Science, Totems, and the Technological Species




The Topophilia Hypothesis: Ecopsychology Meets Evolutionary Psychology




A Nature Language




What Is Ecopsychology? A Radical View




Ecotherapy




Building the Science Base: Ecopsychology Meets Clinical Epidemiology




Ecovillages: Information Tools and Deeply Sustainable Living




Can Architecture Become Second Nature? An Emotion-Based Approach to Nature-Oriented Architecture




Psychological Discontent: Self and Science on Our Symbiotic Planet




Psychoterratic Conditions in a Scientific and Technological World




Beauty and the Brain




Sacred Geography



Afterword



Name Index


Subject Index