Ecopsychology Science Totems And The Technological Species 1st Edition Peter H Kahn Patricia H Hasbach Jr Peter H Kahn by Peter H. Kahn; Patricia H. Hasbach; Jr. Peter H. Kahn 9780262305310, 0262305313 instant download after payment.

An ecopsychology that integrates our totemic selves--our kinship with a more than human world--with our technological selves. We need nature for our physical and psychological well-being. Our actions reflect this when we turn to beloved pets for companionship, vacation in spots of natural splendor, or spend hours working in the garden. Yet we are also a technological species and have been since we fashioned tools out of stone. Thus one of this century's central challenges is to embrace our kinship with a more-than-human world--"our totemic self"--and integrate that kinship with our scientific culture and technological selves. This book takes on that challenge and proposes a reenvisioned ecopsychology. Contributors consider such topics as the innate tendency for people to bond with local place; a meaningful nature language; the epidemiological evidence for the health benefits of nature interaction; the theory and practice of ecotherapy; Gaia theory; ecovillages; the neuroscience of perceiving natural beauty; and sacred geography. Taken together, the essays offer a vision for human flourishing and for a more grounded and realistic environmental psychology.