{"product_id":"ecopsychology-phenomenology-and-the-environment-the-experience-of-nature-hardcover","title":"Ecopsychology, Phenomenology, and the Environment: The Experience of Nature - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDouglas A. Vakoch\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFernando Castrillón\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book seeks to confront an apparent contradiction: that while we are constantly attending to environmental issues, we seem to be woefully out of touch with nature. The goal of Ecopsychology, Phenomenology and the Environment is to foster an enhanced awareness of nature that can lead us to new ways of relating to the environment, ultimately yielding more sustainable patterns of living. This volume is different from other books in the rapidly growing field of ecopsychology in its emphasis on phenomenological approaches, building on the work of phenomenological psychologists such as Maurice Merleau-Ponty. This focus on phenomenological methodologies for articulating our direct experience of nature serves as a critical complement to the usual methodologies of environmental and conservation psychologists, who have emphasized quantitative research. Moreover, Ecopsychology, Phenomenology and the Environment is distinctive insofar as chapters by phenomenologically-sophisticated ecopsychologists are complemented by chapters written by phenomenological researchers of environmental issues with backgrounds in philosophy and geology, providing a breadth and depth of perspective not found in other works written exclusively by psychologists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA significant step in the evolution of ecopsychology has been the field's growing awareness of its long-standing affinity with phenomenology. Now, at a time when the natural world is viewed as somewhere between threatening, threatened, and invisible, an examination of the often implicit bond between these two spheres of inquiry makes increasing sense. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEcopsychology, Phenomenology, and the Environment: The Experience of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e explores the intersection of the two disciplines through a diverse group of ecological thinkers. Emphasizing the directly felt experience of the wild as opposed to overtly scientific approaches, this evocative volume presents fresh perspectives on the intimacy of nature, environmentally-related morals and ethics, and the realities engendered by climate change. With profound vision and lyrical elegance, contributors reveal the transformative power of the natural world and its expansive effects on our senses and consciousness. And perhaps most notably, these chapters challenge us as humans to revise how we understand ourselves in relation to the rest of nature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded in the coverage: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe naturalist's presence: toward a relational phenomenology of attention and meaning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAliveness and transformation in wilderness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApocalyptic imagination and the silence of the elements.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe who of environmental ethics: phenomenology and the moral self.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClimate chaos, ecopsychology, and the maturing human being.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnhumanizing phenomenology to decode the language of Earth. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEcopsychology, Phenomenology, and the Environment: The Experience of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e will find an engaged audience among ecopsychologists, environmental and conservation psychologists, and other psychologists and psychotherapists interested in environmental issues, as well as phenomenological psychologists. It will also appeal to environmental researchers working with psychological or phenomenological perspectives and philosophers concerned with environmental issues and ethics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas A. Vakoch, Ph.D.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDouglas A. Vakoch is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies as well as Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute. His books cover fields ranging from psychology and ecocriticism to anthropology and space sciences and include \u003ci\u003ePsychology of Space Exploration: Contemporary Research in Historical Perspective \u003c\/i\u003e(NASA, 2011); \u003ci\u003eOn Orbit and Beyond: Psychological Perspectives on Human Spaceflight \u003c\/i\u003e(Springer, 2012); \u003ci\u003eEcofeminism and Rhetoric: Critical Perspectives on Sex, Technology, and Discourse \u003c\/i\u003e(Berghahn, 2011); \u003ci\u003eFeminist Ecocriticism: Environment, Women, and Literature \u003c\/i\u003e(Lexington, 2012); \u003ci\u003eAltruism in Cross-Cultural Perspective \u003c\/i\u003e(Springer, 2013); \u003ci\u003eExtraterrestrial Altruism: Evolution and Ethics in the Cosmos \u003c\/i\u003e(Springer, 2013); and \u003ci\u003eAstrobiology, History, and Society: Life Beyond Earth and the Impact of Discovery \u003c\/i\u003e(Springer, 2013). Dr. Vakoch serves as general editor for Lexington Books' Ecocritical Theory and Practice Series and for Springer's Space and Society Series. He also co-edited, with Fernando Castrillon, a special double issue of the peer-reviewed journal \u003ci\u003eReVision\u003c\/i\u003e on ecopsychology. Prior to earning a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, he received an M.A. in history and philosophy of science from the University of Notre Dame, where he focused on contemporary continental philosophy of psychology. He may be reached at dvakoch@ciis.edu, telephone (415) 575-6244, Department of Clinical Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies, 1453 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA; or at dvakoch@seti.org, telephone (650) 960-4514, Center for SETI Research, SETI Institute, 189 Bernardo Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFernando Castrillon, Psy.D.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Fernando Castrillon, Psy.D., earned a masters in sociology from the University of California where he was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, and a doctorate in clinical psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) and is a licensed clinical psychologist. He is Associate Professor in the Community Mental Health Department at CIIS and is the founding Director of CIIS' \u003ci\u003eThe Clinic Without Walls\u003c\/i\u003e, an innovative psychotherapy clinic serving mostly working poor and immigrant communities who would otherwise not have access to mental health services.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Castrillon is also a candidate psychoanalyst with the Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis in Berkeley, California and has served on the editorial boards of the journals \u003ci\u003eEcopsychology\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUniversitas Psychologica\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. His clinical, teaching and research interests include the production of subjectivity (both human and more-than-human) psychoanalysis, community mental health, ecopsychology, radical social theory, schizoanalysis, cosmology, entheogens, violent political movements, war, terrorism and revolution. With Doug Vakoch, he edited a special double issue of the peer-reviewed journal\u003ci\u003e ReVision\u003c\/i\u003e, entitled \"Ecopsychology.\" Dr. Castrillon maintains a private psychoanalytic practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. Address: California Institute of Integral Studies, 1453 Mission Street, San Francisco, California, 94103. He may be reached at (510) 295-4711 or view his webpage: www.drcastrillon.com. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 265\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 18, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118334251143,"sku":"9781461496182","price":192.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1db6640201b5b4bd35e6f0ddc296a0c1.webp?v=1732532472","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/ecopsychology-phenomenology-and-the-environment-the-experience-of-nature-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}