Identity and the Natural Environment
Subtitle: The Psychological Significance of Nature
Contributors: Susan Clayton (Editor); Susan Opotow (Editor)
Publisher: The MIT Press; MIT Press
Published: December 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9780262532068
Subjects: Environmentalist thought & ideology; Social, group or collective psychology; The self, ego, identity, personality; Science; Psychology; Science/Mathematics; Environmental Science; Social Psychology; Science / Environmental Science; General; Environmental psychology; Identity (Psychology)
First sentence: To date, environmental scholarship has given insufficient consideration to the deep connections between identity and the natural environment.
Description: The often impassionated nature of environmental conflicts can be attributed to the fact that they are bound up with our sense of personal and social identity. This volume examines the ways in which our sense of who we are affects our relationship with nature, and visa versa.