Eco-Freud From A to Z

An unprecedented conceptual portrait of Freud as an ecological thinker, this book analyzes our current approaches to ecology and the environmental crisis through the lens of psychoanalysis. Conceived as a theoretical tool-kit, the alphabetically arranged entries-from "Geo-psycho-analysis\u0022 to "Trauma extensions\u0022 and from "Fetishism and the Climate\u0022 to "Obsessive Self-Blaming\u0022-guide the reader toward a deeper appreciation of the unconscious forces at work in our green dreams and nightmares. Along the way, an intriguing image of psychic life emerges through a careful rereading of Freud's oeuvre, where the ego is "eco\u0022, while minerals, animals, and plants are all given their due for the shaping of human existence. [Publisher's text]

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