Earth Emotions by Glenn A Albrecht
As climate change and development pressures overwhelm the environment, our emotional relationships with Earth are also in crisis. Pessimism and distress are overwhelming people the world over. In this maelstrom of emotion, solastalgia, the homesickness you have when you are still at home, has become, writes Glenn A. Albrecht, one of the...Albrecht offers a framework within which to understand and acknowledge the dissociation of humans from the living worldWith a new language and means of expression, a wider array of stories from diverse voices can hopefully be heard.
* The Independent *In Earth Emotions, Albrecht seeks to provide a new lexicon of emotional terms. The purpose of these terms is twofold: first, to allow people make better sense of themselves and of their relationship with the planet; second, to encourage development of a more meaningful and optimistic outlook toward the planet.
* Choice *Glenn A. Albrecht is an Australian environmental philosopher. He established the now widely used and accepted concept of solastalgia, or the lived experience of negative environmental change. He retired from Murdoch University in 2014 as a Professor of Sustainability, and he is now an Honorary Associate in the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781501715228 |
| ISBN 10 | 1501715224 |
| Title | Earth Emotions |
| Author | Glenn A Albrecht |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press |
| Year published | 2019-05-15 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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