Living with the Anthropocene blues

•Geography needs to draw on Psychology and psychoanalysis to understand responses to the Anthropocene.•To do this we consider societal death anxiety as a coping mechanism.•The perceived (impending) ‘death of nature’ has impacts at all scales. In this short discussion, we consider societal responses...

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Published inGeoforum Vol. 60; pp. 1 - 3
Main Authors Walton, Todd, Shaw, Wendy S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2015
Subjects
Anthropocene
Anxiety
Coping
Death
Ecological Death Anxiety
Geography
Psychoanalysis
Psychological Distress
Psychology and Geography
Psychology and Geography
Ecological Death Anxiety
Anthropocene
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Summary:•Geography needs to draw on Psychology and psychoanalysis to understand responses to the Anthropocene.•To do this we consider societal death anxiety as a coping mechanism.•The perceived (impending) ‘death of nature’ has impacts at all scales. In this short discussion, we consider societal responses to the (impending) ‘death of nature’ associated with the epoch now dubbed the Anthropocene. We forward the case for a geographical perspective that engages with psychological and psychoanalytic analyses to better understand responses and coping mechanisms, such as societal death anxiety.
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ISSN:0016-7185
1872-9398
DOI:10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.12.014