Imaginäre Naturverhältnisse: Psychoanalytische Einsichten zur Herstellung ontologischer Sicherheit in Berlin, Vancouver und Singapur
<p>A central diagnosis driving research around social relations of nature is the thesis of the “end of nature”. In an era marked by climate change and global warming, the image of nature as a pristine and stable foundation of human existence seems outdated. In light of this, recent scholarship...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Copernicus Publications
2022-09-01
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| Series: | Geographica Helvetica |
| Online Access: | https://gh.copernicus.org/articles/77/389/2022/gh-77-389-2022.pdf |
| Summary: | <p>A central diagnosis driving research around social relations of
nature is the thesis of the “end of nature”. In an era marked by climate
change and global warming, the image of nature as a pristine and stable
foundation of human existence seems outdated. In light of this, recent
scholarship demonstrates how environmental changes and conflicts
increasingly affect people's daily lives and present significant threats to
psychic well-being. In contrast, in this paper we investigate the conditions
under which nature continues to function as an effective source of
`ontological security'. As part of an international comparative research
project that engages geographical imaginaries of security and insecurity in
Berlin, Vancouver, and Singapore, we analyze how nature is imagined by city
dwellers as an object of desire that offers a place of refuge to escape the
burdens from urban everyday life. Against this background, we emphasize
imaginary nature as a powerful everyday source for the ontological security
of subjects even under today's postnatural conditions.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 0016-7312 2194-8798 |