Chapter 9 Climate anxiety, fatalism and the capacity to act

This chapter begins with the problem of ‘climate anxiety’, a psychological and cultural response to collapsing ecological systems marked by depression, trauma and helplessness. While a reasonable response to an existential threat, climate anxiety impedes our capacity to act where it leads to apathy,...

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Main Author:	Taylor, Dan
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2022
Subjects:	Autonomy, philospohy, politics, language, Pharmacology, climate thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFA Social discrimination and social justice
Online Access:	https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/59827
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