Ecopsychology : Science, Totems, and the Technological Species

English

ISBN: 0262517787

EAN: 9780262517782

Category: Psychology / General/Nature / General/

Publisher: MIT Press

Release Date: 07/01/2012

Age Range: 17-null

Synopsis: 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 centurys 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.

Ecopsychology : Science, Totems, and the Technological Species

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.69 inches

Width: 6.0 inches

Length: 9.0 inches

Weight: 17.64 oz

Pages: 360