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Towards a dialectical account of eco-neurosis: developing a framework on the unconscious in an age of ecological degradation

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dc.contributor.authorLeal McCormack, Rudy, author
dc.contributor.authorMcIvor, David W., advisor
dc.contributor.authorMacDonald, Bradley J., committee member
dc.contributor.authorFattor, Eric, committee member
dc.contributor.authorSbicca, Joshua, committee member
dc.contributor.authorMoore, Jason W., committee member
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-28T10:29:03Z
dc.date.available2023-08-28T10:29:03Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractIn 2019, the United Nations Climate Summit in New York described climate change as the defining issue of our time. In an age of climate volatility owing to over-production and over-consumption, capitalism's transformation of nature has developed negative environmental impacts and physical health concerns. At the same time, research in psychology and related fields is uncovering worrying mental effects due to the changing climate. The production of uncomfortable psychological effects now has a direct corollary with ecological doom; burgeoning labels for this occurrence are climate anxiety, eco-anxiety. The prefix "eco" in front of the names establishes that mental conditions can be related to environmental shifts or transformations, including climate change. I wish to contend with these initial conceptual names and say they are too narrow in focus. I am presenting the term "eco-neurosis." I do this for two reasons, one I use it as an umbrella concept for all forms of emotional discomforts and maladies due to climate change (e.g., grief, mourning, anxiety, depression, etc.) Second, while psychological literature has abandoned the use of neurosis, post-Freudian psychoanalysis provides strong historical precedent for the use of neurosis as a concept that indicates the political rumblings associated with the term. Thus, I claim that Eco-neurosis (EN) is a byproduct of a historical civilizational development in the form of climate change. In effect, climate change is not only altering "business as usual" but appears to be leaving a mark on the human psyche.
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dc.identifierLealMcCormack_colostate_0053A_17918.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/236945
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.subjectcollective ecological unconscious
dc.subjectFromm
dc.subjectunconscious
dc.subjecteco-neurosis
dc.subjectcapitalogenic
dc.subjectsado-masochism
dc.titleTowards a dialectical account of eco-neurosis: developing a framework on the unconscious in an age of ecological degradation
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thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Science
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

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