Engaging with climate change : psychoanalytic and interdisciplinary perspectives / / edited by Sally Weintrobe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785973803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-136-20683-3; 1-283-71374-8; 0-203-09440-9; 1-136-20684-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Collana: The new library of psychoanalysis
• Altri autori (Persone): WeintrobeSally
• Disciplina: 363.738/74019
• Soggetti: Climatic changes - Psychological aspects; Environmental psychology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 What history can teach us about climate change denial; 3 The difficult problem of anxiety in thinking about climate change; Discussion; The environmental neurosis of modern man: the illusion of autonomy and the real dependence denied; Discussion; 4 Climate change in a perverse culture; Discussion; Discussion; Reply; 5 Great expectations: the psychodynamics of ecological debt; Discussion; Discussion; Reply; 6 The myth of apathy: psychoanalytic explorations of environmental subjectivityDiscussion; Not I; Discussion; How sustainable change agents can adopt psychoanalytic perspectives on climate change; 7 Unconscious obstacles to caring for the planet: facing up to human nature; Discussion; Discussion; Goods and bads; 8 How is climate change an issue for psychoanalysis?; Discussion; Discussion; Reply; 9 On the love of nature and on human nature: restoring split internal landscapes; Discussion; Nature, consumption and human flourishing; Discussion; On love of nature and the nature of love; 10 Climate change, uncertainty and riskIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: How can we help and support people to face climate change?Engaging ; with Climate Change is one of the first books to explore in depth what climate change actually means to people. It brings members of a wide range of different disciplines in the social sciences together in discussion and to introduce a psychoanalytic perspective. The important insights that result have real implications for policy, particularly with regard to how to relate to people when discussing the issue. Topics covered include:what lies beneath the current widespread denial of climate change<