1st Edition

Ecosophy and Educational Research for the Anthropocene Rethinking Research through Relational Psychoanalytic Approaches

By Alysha J. Farrell Copyright 2022
214 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Problematizing the aims of education in the Anthropocene, this text illustrates the value of relational psychoanalytic theory in the study and practice of education amidst the climate crisis. Illustrating how dominant educational theory fails to acknowledge climate precarity and the consequences of living beyond the Earth’s carrying capacity, Ecosophy and Educational Research for the... Read more

Introduction: What Does it Mean to Educate in a World that is Prepared to Go on Without Us? 1. Renovating the Schoolhouse When the World is On Fire 2. Education and the Visuality of the Anthropocene 3. A Prairie Elegy for the Discerning Consumer 4. The Emotional Impact of Living in the Climate Crisis 5. Anthropocentric Fantasies Entangled in the Pain of Eco-grief 6. Relational and Psychoanalytically Informed Education in the Anthropocene 7. Cultivating Solidarity as the Climate Crisis Intensifies 8. What We Can Learn from the COVID-19 Pandemic 9. Monstrous Feelings and Ghostly Echoes of the Anthropocene 10. Ecosophical Educational Research on the Edge of the Anthropocene 11. Ecosophical Educational Leadership 12. Teacher Education on the Edge of the Anthropocene Conclusion: Get Busy Living Appendix

Biography

Alysha J. Farrell is Associate Professor of Education at Brandon University, Canada.