Transpersonal ecology

Transpersonal ecology is a subfield of environmentalism associated with the work of Warwick Fox.

Definition

Transpersonal ecology is the spiritual connection to environmentalism.[1]

Fox emphasises experiencing nature for the correct understanding of environmentalism. His work shows the influence of Arne Næss. Fox is important to the field according to Fox in an article by Fox.[2] This approach to transpersonal ecology met with criticism by Stavely and McNamara, who questioned whether greater respect for nature will necessarily result from a spiritual identification with nature, as Fox assumed.[3]

Boucovolas mentioned transpersonal ecology as one of a possible number of transpersonal disciplines. Fox emphasises identification with nature as something which will lead to greater respect for nature.[4]

Reception

Since the first article on this concept appeared in the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology in 1990, almost nothing was published about it for the next decades, but it has sometimes been mentioned in that magazine.

See also

References
  1. Walsh, R. & Vaughan, F. "On transpersonal definitions". Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 25 (2) 125-182, 1993
  2. Fox, W. (1990). Transpersonal Ecology: "Psychologising" ecophilosophy. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 22 (1) 59-96
  3. Stavely, H. & McNamara, P. (1992). Warwick Fox’s ‘transpersonal ecology’: A critique and alternative approach. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 24 (2), 201-211.
  4. Boucovolas, M. (1999). Following the movement: from transpersonal psychology to a multidisciplinary transpersonal orientation. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology 31 (1) 27-39
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