Alfred Sköld
Biographic Data
| ID | 1416550 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alfred Sköld |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alfred |
| FAMILY NAME | Sköld |
| SIGNATURE | SKÖLD A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Climate Melancholia
Emotions play an increasingly central role in debates surrounding the effects of climate change. Among the mental responses to rising mean temperatures, tipping points, spreading deserts, melting glaciers, and the extinction of species and ecosystems are climate-related grief, anxiety, and depression. While it seems indisputably clear that the ecological crisis affects our mental landscapes in negative ways, the degree and forms of this suffering…
Shared Finitude
This article develops the notion of intergenerational death awareness through a relational reading of finitude. I begin by discussing the different ways in which the philosophical canon has understood the relationship between death, subjectivity, and otherness. Drawing on an interview study with bereaved life partners and their experiences of ‘losing part of oneself’ following the death of the other, I seek to deconstruct this divide and illustra…
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Shared Finitude
This article develops the notion of intergenerational death awareness through a relational reading of finitude. I begin by discussing the different ways in which the philosophical canon has understood the relationship between death, subjectivity, and otherness. Drawing on an interview study with bereaved life partners and their experiences of ‘losing part of oneself’ following the death of the other, I seek to deconstruct this divide and illustra…
Climate Melancholia
Emotions play an increasingly central role in debates surrounding the effects of climate change. Among the mental responses to rising mean temperatures, tipping points, spreading deserts, melting glaciers, and the extinction of species and ecosystems are climate-related grief, anxiety, and depression. While it seems indisputably clear that the ecological crisis affects our mental landscapes in negative ways, the degree and forms of this suffering…
Psychology (2 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (1 work) · Climatology (1 work) · Geology (1 work) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (1 work) · History (1 work) · History (1 work) · Melancholia (1 work) · Social Psychology (1 work) · Social Psychology (1 work)