Environmental Melancholia

Psychoanalytic dimensions of engagement

Renee Lertzman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-73779-2 (ISBN)

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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.

Based on key qualitative fieldwork and in-depth interviews conducted in Green Bay, Wisconsin, each chapter provides a psychosocial, psychoanalytic perspective on subjectivity, affect and identity, and considers what this means for understanding behaviour in relation to environmental crises and climate change. The book argues for a theory of environmental melancholia that accounts for the ways in which people experience profound loss and disruption caused by environmental issues, and yet may have trouble expressing or making sense of such experiences.

Environmental Melancholia offers a fresh perspective to the field of environmental psychology that until now has been largely dominated by research in cognitive, behavioural and social psychology. It will appeal to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of psychoanalysis, psychosocial studies and sustainability, as well as policy makers and educators internationally.

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.

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.05.2017
Reihe/Serie	Psychoanalytic Explorations
Zusatzinfo	8 Tables, black and white; 15 Line drawings, black and white; 14 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	350 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	1-138-73779-8 / 1138737798
ISBN-13	978-1-138-73779-2 / 9781138737792
Zustand	Neuware