Sally Weintrobe (Psychoanalyst, The Institute of Psychoanalysis, U

Psychological Roots of the Climate Crisis

Neoliberal Exceptionalism and the Culture of Uncare

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Psychoanalytic Horizons
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 138mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9781501372865
• ISBN-10: 1501372866
• Artikelnr.: 59991610

Autorenporträt

Sally Weintrobe is a Fellow of The British Psychoanalytical Society, a founder member of the Climate Psychology Alliance and she Chairs the International Psychoanalytic Association's (IPA's) Committee on Climate. In 2021 she won an award from the IPA for her work on climate. Her past publications include, as editor and contributor, Engaging with Climate Change, short-listed in 2014 for the International Gradiva Prize for contributions to psychoanalysis.

Inhaltsangabe

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