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Out of the Shadow: Ecopsychology, Story, and Encounters with the Land (Under the Sign of Nature)
Rinda West
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Description for Out of the Shadow: Ecopsychology, Story, and Encounters with the Land (Under the Sign of Nature)
Paperback. In Western culture, the separation of humans from nature has contributed to a schism between the conscious reason and the unconscious dreaming psyche, or internal human "nature." This book uses Jung's idea of the shadow to explore how this divorce results in alienation, projection, and often breakdown. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JMAF; RNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
In Western culture, the separation of humans from nature has contributed to a schism between the conscious reason and the unconscious dreaming psyche, or internal human ""nature."" Our increasing lack of intimacy with the land has led to a decreased capacity to access parts of the psyche not normally valued in a capitalist culture. In ""Out of the Shadow: Ecopsychology, Story, and Encounters with the Land"", Rinda West uses Jung's idea of the shadow to explore how this divorce results in alienation, projection, and often breakdown. Bringing together ideas from analytical psychology, environmental thought, and literary studies, West explores a ... Read more
In Western culture, the separation of humans from nature has contributed to a schism between the conscious reason and the unconscious dreaming psyche, or internal human ""nature."" Our increasing lack of intimacy with the land has led to a decreased capacity to access parts of the psyche not normally valued in a capitalist culture. In ""Out of the Shadow: Ecopsychology, Story, and Encounters with the Land"", Rinda West uses Jung's idea of the shadow to explore how this divorce results in alienation, projection, and often breakdown. Bringing together ideas from analytical psychology, environmental thought, and literary studies, West explores a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813926568
SKU
V9780813926568
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About Rinda West
Rinda West, Professor Emerita of English at Oakton Community College, is a landscape designer specializing in native plants for city gardens.
Reviews for Out of the Shadow: Ecopsychology, Story, and Encounters with the Land (Under the Sign of Nature)
In Out of the Shadow: Ecopsychology, Story, and Encounters with the Land, Rinda West suggests that the recovery of connection with nature may be tied to a rediscovery of the numinous. Together, these may nourish and grow from new attempts to restore wildness to the land and to psyche. If you want to know what ritual is about, how it ... Read more