Eco-Freud From A to Z

An unprecedented conceptual portrait of Freud as an ecological thinker, this book analyzes our current approaches to ecology and the environmental crisis through the lens of psychoanalysis.Conceived as a theoretical tool-kit, the alphabetically arranged entries-from 'Geo-psycho-analysis' to 'Trauma extensions' and from 'Fetishism and the Climate' to 'Obsessive Self-Blaming'-guide the reader toward a deeper appreciation of the unconscious forces at work in our green dreams and nightmares. Along the way, an intriguing image of psychic life emerges through a careful rereading of Freud’s oeuvre, where the ego is 'eco', while minerals, animals, and plants are all given their due for the shaping of human existence.