Environmental Melancholia: Psychoanalytic Dimensions of Engagement

ISBN-13: 9781138737792 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 222 str.

Renee Lertzman

Opis

In this groundbreaking book, Renee Lertzman applies psychoanalytic theory and psychosocial research to the issue of public engagement and public apathy in response to chronic ecological threats. By highlighting unconscious and affective dimensions of contemporary ecological issues, Lertzman deconstructs the idea that there is a gap between what people care about and what is actually carried out in policy and personal practice. In doing so, she presents an innovative way to think about and design engagement practices and policy interventions.　

Recenzje

'Although this is a densely written text, I found it novel and very thought provoking. It will be of interest to those wishing to apply therapeutic frameworks to wider social issues.'- Anne Gilbert, Gestalt psychotherapist, Therapy Today

Spis treści

Part 1: Why Psychoanalysis Matters  Introduction.  Beyond Behavior Change.  Why Methods Matter: Innovating methodology for environmental concern  Part 2: Psychic Dimensions  Loss, Mourning and Melancholia: Hidden dimensions of environmental subjectivity.  Ambivalence: Negotiating industrial rewards and environmental losses.  Reparation: Reframing environmental engagement.  From Loss to Reparation: Re-conceptualizing environmental subjectivity.  Appendices. 

O autorze

Renee Lertzman teaches Psychology of Environmental Education and Communication in the MA programme at Royal Roads University, British Columbia, Canada, and is a Psychosocial Researcher. She has a PhD in Psychosocial Studies from Cardiff University, UK, and actively speaks and teaches internationally. She currently works with environmental organizations in the public, private and governmental sectors, as a strategic communications and engagement consultant and as an applied researcher.