| ISBN13: | 9781501372865 |
| ISBN10: | 1501372866 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 344 pages |
| Size: | 215x139 mm |
| Weight: | 422 g |
| Language: | English |
| 451 |
Psychological Roots of the Climate Crisis
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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.
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
