Toward a Transpersonal Ecology: Developing New Foundations for Environmentalism

Warwick Fox is Australian Research Fellow at the Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania.

Table of Contents:
Preface Acknowledgments Part One. Context: Environmentalism, Ecophilosophy, and Anthropocentrism 1. Moving Away from Human Centeredness: From Silent Spring to Deep Ecology The Emergence of the Environmental Movement and Ecophilosophy A Closer Look at the Issue of Anthropocentrism Enter the Shallow/Deep Ecology Typology Part Two. The Influence of Deep Ecology 2. Deep Ecology: A Focus within Ecophilosophy--and Beyond The Influence of Deep Ecology upon Academic Ecophilosophy The Influence beyond Academic Ecophilosophy 3. Why So Influential? The Historical Answer The Advocacy Answer and a Look behind the Scenes The Substantive Answer Part Three. The Label Deep Ecology: Its Meanings and Shortcomings 4.Arne Naess and the Meanings of Deep Ecology Arne Naess Naess's Formal Sense of Deep Ecology Naess's Philosophical Sense of Deep Ecology 5. The Problem with the Label Deep Ecology The Perceived Problem The Failure of Deep Ecologists to Forestall the Perceived Problem The "Fundamental" Problem Farewell to Deep Ecology Part Four. Toward a Transpersonal Ecology: Drawing Out What is Tenable and Distinctive about the Deep Ecology Approach to Ecophilosophy 6. The Most Widely Recognized Approaches to Ecophilosophy Instrumental Value Theory Intrinsic Value Theory Objections to Intrinsic Value Theory Approaches 7. Transpersonal Ecology as a Distinctive Approach to Ecophilosophy Transpersonal Ecology and Transpersonal Psychology Psychologizing Ecophilosophy The Distinctiveness of the Transpersonal Ecology Approach to Ecophilosophy Proof, Moral Injunctions, and Experiential Invitations 8. Transpersonal Ecology and the Varieties of Identification Three Bases of Identification Identification, Delusion, and Enlightenment Appendix A: A Guide to the Primary Sources on Deep Ecology Published during the 1980s Appendix B: The Emergence of Transpersonal Psychology Notes Further Reading Index

About the Author :
Warwick Fox is Australian Research Fellow at the Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania.

Review :
"This is the best book on deep ecology that I've come across in years. Anyone interested in the relationship of human beings to the environment ought to read this book." - Paul R. Ehrlich, co-author of The Population Explosion "Toward a Transpersonal Ecology is essential reading for teachers, scholars, and all people concerned with the fate of the earth. It is an excellent book that will be used as a benchmark for all discussions of environmental philosophy in the 1990s." - Bill Devall, co-author of Deep Ecology "Ecology and spirituality are fundamentally connected, because deep ecological awareness, ultimately, is spiritual awareness. The common ground between deep ecology and transpersonal psychology arising from this connection is explored in scholarly fashion and with great clarity in this important book. Warwick Fox offers us not only some very original and provocative ideas, but also an almost encyclopedic overview of the entire field. Toward a Transpersonal Ecology is essential reading for everyone seriously interested in the philosophical foundations of the emerging new paradigm." - Fritjof Capra, author of the The Tao of Physics, and founder of The Elmwood Institute "Toward a Transpersonal Ecology is a pioneering work that brings together two of the most important disciplines of our time, transpersonal psychology and ecology. Warwick Fox's wide reading, thoughtfulness, and subtle distinctions will give readers much to think about." - Roger Walsh, author of Staying Alive: The Psychology of Human Survival "Toward a Transpersonal Ecology is a pioneering work that brings together two of the most important disciplines of our time, transpersonal psychology and ecology. Warwick Fox's wide reading, thoughtfulness, and subtle distinctions will give readers much to think about." - Roger Walsh, author of Staying Alive: The Psychology of Human Survival "As a leading deep ecology scholar, Warwick Fox provides the most comprehensive and detailed examination of the development of philosophical deep ecology yet in print." - George Sessions, co-author of Deep Ecology "The best and most comprehensive overview of deep ecology yet written. I urge environmental philosophers and everyone else with a concern for the relation of humans to the Earth to seek it out." - Alastair Gunn, Environmental Ethics