Events and Seminars
| Event | : | Psychoanalysis and the Politics of Climate Change |
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| Venue | : | Online |
| Date | : | 14/09/2023 |
| Duration | : | 6-8pm BST / 1-3pm EDT |
| Extra Info | : | Three papers from esteemed psychoanalysts and critical thinkers, Susie Orbach, Sally Weintrobe and Paul Hoggett, followed by a panel discussion chaired by Professor Emeritus of Political Psychology at Bournemouth University, Barry Richards and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, Maureen Boerma. Global polling shows that concern about the climate emergency is widening, but still only small minorities see it as a top priority issue in everyday politics. In the past decade there has developed a substantial psychoanalytically-based literature on the psychology of climate change, much of it focussing on the psychodynamics of denial, inaction and indifference. Can understanding the anxieties, defences and guilt of climate psychology shape efforts to mobilise wider support for urgent political action? Might scholarly and clinically-informed understandings develop more influence on strategies to shape local, national and international policies, and corporate practices? Three leading thinkers in this field present their views on what we know about resistances to taking action, and on the prospects for more psychologically-informed and effective approaches to overcoming those resistances. |
| Organised By | : | Freud Museum |
| Web Link | : | https://www.freud.org.uk/event/psychoanalysis-and-the-politics-of-climate-change/ |