Psychological Roots of the Climate Crisis tells the story of a fundamental fight between a caring and an uncaring imagination. It helps us to recognise the uncaring imagination in politics, in culture - for example in the writings of Ayn Rand - and also in ourselves.
Sally Weintrobe argues that achieving the shift to greater care requires us to stop colluding with Exceptionalism, the rigid psychological mindset largely responsible for the climate crisis. People in this mindset believe that they are entitled to have the lion’s share and that they can ‘rearrange’ reality with magical omnipotent thinking whenever reality limits these felt entitlements.
While this book's subject is grim, its tone is reflective, ironic, light and at times humorous. It is free of jargon, and full of examples from history, culture, literature, poetry, everyday life and the author’s experience as a psychoanalyst, and a professional life that has been dedicated to helping people to face difficult truths.
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Preface
Introduction
EXCEPTIONALISM: THE PSYCHOLOGY EXPLAINED
1. The conflicted self
2. The ordinary exception (contained by care)
3. The Exception (in charge and unbound)
EXCEPTIONALISM’S RISE TO POWER IN THE NEOLIBERAL AGE
4. Neoliberal Exceptionalism
5. Friedrich Hayek and James Buchanan
6. Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged
7. Globalizing the neoliberal way
8. Neoliberals’ rise to power
9. The earth seen as a globe
10. Implementing neoliberal economic policy
WHAT CONTAINS EXCEPTIONALISM
11. Frameworks of care
12. The power of love
THE CULTURE OF UNCARE
13. Culture and the birth of consumerism
14. Neoliberalism’s culture of uncare
HOW THIS CULTURE OPERATES
15. New Speak
16. The World Bank using New Speak
17. Mass media
18. Promoting denial
19. Advertising
20. Political framing
21. Blocking tears
22. Infantilizing people
WE COLLUDE
23. On collusion
EXCEPTIONALISM GROWS FRAUD BUBBLES
24. Case studies: Enron and fund managers
25. The corporation
26. Social groups
27. Trickledown
THE NEW CARING IMAGINATION TODAY
28. Paradigm shift
29. Frameworks of care for a sustainable world
30. Living on Planet Earth not Planet La La
THE CLIMATE BUBBLE IS BURSTING
31. The damage
32. Living with our feelings about the climate crisis
‘THE CRAZY’: EXCEPTIONALISM RUNS AMOK
33. ‘The crazy’ in politics
34. Noah’s Arkism 21st-century style
35. We are gods
36. The ‘all or nothing-ness’ of having to be ideal
37. Bad leaders drive ‘the crazy’
38. The problem of guilt
39. Good leaders
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Index
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Among the lessons Weintrobe’s book holds for climate scientists is that human vulnerability to climate change cannot be measured on a simple quantitative scale running from the most vulnerable populations to the most resilient. To be sure, the risks of climate change are distributed highly unevenly, with poor, marginalized communities likely to suffer the worst effects. Yet, for the privileged readers to whom Weintrobe addresses this book, vulnerability is not the opposite of resilience. Rather, feeling vulnerable is the first step toward building sustainable relationships.
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Explores the psychological mindset that has created the climate crisis and addresses the vital issue of how we might shift from our present culture of uncare to a culture of care.
Integrates currently scattered subjects (psychology, literature, sociology, ethics, law, politics, cultural studies, economics and physical climate science) to provide a unique examination of the psychological roots of the climate crisis
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Psychoanalysis is unique in being at once a theory and a therapy, a method of critical thinking and a form of clinical practice. Now in its second century, this fusion of science and humanism derived from Freud has outlived all predictions of its demise, and is indeed enjoying a resurgence as many of its core tenets, and its value as a treatment, have gained support from cutting-edge research. Psychoanalytic Horizons evokes the idea of a convergence between realms as well as the outer limits of a vision. Books in the series test disciplinary boundaries and will appeal to readers who are passionate not only about the theory of literature, culture, media, and philosophy but also, above all, about the real life of ideas in the world.
Series Editors: Hilary Neroni, Esther Rashkin, and Peter L. Rudnytsky
Former Series Editor: Mari Ruti (2018-2023)
Advisory Board: Salman Akhtar, Doris Brothers, Aleksandar Dimitrijevic, Lewis Kirshner, Humphrey Morris, Dany Nobus, Lois Oppenheim, Donna Orange, Peter Redman, Laura Salisbury, Alenka Zupancic
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781501372872
Publisert
2021-04-08
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic USA
Vekt
549 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
344
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