Climate anxiety as posthuman knowledge
The American Psychological Association defines ‘climate anxiety’ or ‘eco-anxiety’ as a chronic fear of environmental doom (Clayton et al., 2017, p.68 [Glossary]). This paper instead theorises climate anxiety as an emergent form of posthuman knowledge, albeit one that is dominated by vulnerability ra...
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| description | The American Psychological Association defines ‘climate anxiety’ or ‘eco-anxiety’ as a chronic fear of environmental doom (Clayton et al., 2017, p.68 [Glossary]). This paper instead theorises climate anxiety as an emergent form of posthuman knowledge, albeit one that is dominated by vulnerability rather than affirmation. Put this way, the cultivation of ethical relationality through meaningful multi-species encounters holds potential for transforming this vulnerability and alleviating the anxiety. Offering both a reappraisal of early earth-writing by humanistic geographers and an engagement with recent work on ‘earth emotions’, including notions of ‘ecological grief’ and ‘mourning’, the article critically reviews lines of thinking – together constituting a new form of posthuman wellbeing studies – that challenge clinical understandings of climate anxiety by reimagining the purpose and mode of psychological intervention for the futures of earthly wellbeing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aa02e8b8f4b944d59eacabd91a670bf32023-06-21T07:00:40ZengElsevierWellbeing, Space and Society2666-55812023-01-014100120Climate anxiety as posthuman knowledgeCandice Boyd0Hester Parr1Christopher Philo2School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Melbourne 3010, AustraliaGeographical and Earth Science, University of Glasgow, Scotland, G12 8QQ; Corresponding author.Geographical and Earth Science, University of Glasgow, Scotland, G12 8QQThe American Psychological Association defines ‘climate anxiety’ or ‘eco-anxiety’ as a chronic fear of environmental doom (Clayton et al., 2017, p.68 [Glossary]). This paper instead theorises climate anxiety as an emergent form of posthuman knowledge, albeit one that is dominated by vulnerability rather than affirmation. Put this way, the cultivation of ethical relationality through meaningful multi-species encounters holds potential for transforming this vulnerability and alleviating the anxiety. Offering both a reappraisal of early earth-writing by humanistic geographers and an engagement with recent work on ‘earth emotions’, including notions of ‘ecological grief’ and ‘mourning’, the article critically reviews lines of thinking – together constituting a new form of posthuman wellbeing studies – that challenge clinical understandings of climate anxiety by reimagining the purpose and mode of psychological intervention for the futures of earthly wellbeing.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666558122000483Climate anxietyEcological griefPosthumanismEarth emotionsGeographyWell-being |
| spellingShingle | Candice Boyd Hester Parr Christopher Philo Climate anxiety as posthuman knowledge Wellbeing, Space and Society Climate anxiety Ecological grief Posthumanism Earth emotions Geography Well-being |
| title | Climate anxiety as posthuman knowledge |
| title_full | Climate anxiety as posthuman knowledge |
| title_fullStr | Climate anxiety as posthuman knowledge |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate anxiety as posthuman knowledge |
| title_short | Climate anxiety as posthuman knowledge |
| title_sort | climate anxiety as posthuman knowledge |
| topic | Climate anxiety Ecological grief Posthumanism Earth emotions Geography Well-being |
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