Dancing at the end of the world? Psychoanalysis, climate change and joy

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ID8982188
AuthorsJoseph Dodds (0000-0002-1140-7856, Prague Czech Republic, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume67
Issue5
Pages1257-1269
Publication date2022-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Analytical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8774 • E-ISSN: 1465-5922
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-5922.12857
PMID36440719
OpenAlexW4310034901
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

This paper attempts to join the dots between psychoanalytic and post-psychoanalytic perspectives in relation to climate change and the ecological crisis and to begin a discussion on the role of joy in sustaining ourselves in the face of the global catastrophe. There is a vital expanding psychoanalytic literature addressing itself to the environmental crisis but a striking absence on joy and what stands in its way. This paper explores what psychoanalysis has to offer in the context of planetary emergency and also asks psychoanalysis to look beyond itself and reimagine what it can be. Joy involves a simultaneous affirmation of both our uniqueness and our togetherness, not only as humans but with all forms of life and the web of life itself. If we were to allow ourselves to actually enjoy our lives, we just might fight harder against our extinction

Context (archaeology · Humanities · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sociology · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

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