Radical ecopsychology psychology in the service of life

Fisher, Andy 1963- (Author).

Summary: Annotation Noting that the use of the term "radical" in the title of this work is redundant, private psychotherapist Fisher nevertheless includes it because it reflects two basic characteristics of his project. The "naturalistic" psychology proposed by Fisher is radical, in the sense of root causes, by insisting that the human mind be firmly located within the greater natural world. Radical also in the more commonly used sense of the word, his work also insists that ecopsychology should lead to a critical framework in which it is recognized that "a society that is organized primarily to serve the expansion of capital...must increasingly exploit both humans and the natural world, and so generate a state of psychospiritual ruin and ecological crisis." Borrowing from the existentialists, Fisher insists that the human experience should be grounded in a natural world that is not a fallen realm to be transcended, but is the "everyday ground of our limited and mysterious human existence." Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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ISBN: 0791488926
ISBN: 9780791488928
ISBN: 9780791453049 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0791453049 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780791453032 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0791453030 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780585463728 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0585463727 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 306 p.)
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Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, c2002.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-298) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Groundwork. The project of ecopsychology -- The problem with normal -- Nature and experience. Beginning with experience -- From humanistic to naturalistic psychology -- Naturalistic psychology: a sketch -- Making sense of suffering in a technological world.
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