Theodore Roszak was a professor of history at California State University, Hayward, and is the author of many
distinguished books, including The Voice of the Earth and Person/Planet.
Gomes, Mary E. : Sonoma State University
Mary E. Gomes teaches ecopsychology at Sonoma State University.
Kanner, Allen D. : Wright Institute
Allen D. Kanner is a Bay Area clinician who teaches ecopsychology at the Wright Institute in Berkeley.
Summary
This pathfinding collection shows how the health of the planet is inextricably linked to the psychological health
of humanity, individually and collectively. As such, it is sure to become a definitive work for the burgeoning
ecopsychology movement, which is both a new beginning for environmentalism and a revolution in modern psychology.
Collected here are writings from the premier psychotherapists, thinkers, and eco-activists working in the field,
including:
James Hillman, world-renowned Jungian analyst, relating the "one core issue for all psychology" -
the nature and limits of human identity - to the condition of the planet
Chellis Glendinning, author of My Name Is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization, alerting us
to "the link between the psychological process of addiction and the technological system"
Carl Anthony, former president of Earth Island Institute, arguing for a "genuinely multicultural self
and a global civil society without racism"
Ralph Metzner, president of the Green Earth Foundation and author of Maps of Consciousness, decrying our loss
of "respect for the mysterious, and humility in relationship to the infinite complexities of the natural world"
Joanna Macy, writer, therapist, and Buddhist, noting that "we all need to unblock our feelings about our
threatened planet" if we are to work through out "environmental despair"
