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Negative and Positive Earth Emotions
The Psychoterratic (Earth Emotions) Typology. See the Earth Emotions Glossary for more information about terms created by Glenn Albrecht.
Meuacide: the extinction of emotions
Meuacide is defined as the extinction of emotions: (From meuə– an Indo-European root for words such as remove, motion and emotion plus cide, meaning to kill). Caused by forces that, for example, destroy psychological, cultural and biophysical diversity. As rich and diverse emotional connections to place and home at all scales are erased they are replaced with … Continue reading Meuacide: the extinction of emotions
Earth Emotions
A book on the positive and negative emotions humans have with respect to the Earth.
Transformation to The Symbiocene
Transformation to The Symbiocene: The Frederik van Eeden Lecture, 2024. An account of the book Earth Emotions published in Dutch as Aarde Emotes by Noordoek Publishers in early April 2024. Glenn A Albrecht PhD Abstract The book, Earth Emotions, is an account of the relationship between the state of the Earth and our mental and emotional states. … Continue reading Transformation to The Symbiocene
Identitycide
Mainly self-imposed, but also externally influenced, identitycide is the loss of one’s personal identity by the algorithms of social media, the machinations of parasitic AI, traditional advertising and a fake news media. The body remains, but personal identity as continuity of memory in time and space, has been erased or “killed”. While identicide is focussed … Continue reading Identitycide
Eutopia* and Euthanasia** for Boomers
“There are many more elements to the Symbiocene hierarchy, however, I consider the development of the detail of all this work in applying the Symbiocene principles … to be the task of those with the necessary specific skills and capabilities. Many of the people with these skills are Baby Boomers, and it is my hope … Continue reading Eutopia* and Euthanasia** for Boomers
Soliphilia
“Soliphilia” is the love of the totality of our place relationships, and a willingness to accept the political responsibility for protecting and conserving them at all scales. The concept has its origins in the French solidaire (interdependent) and the Latin solidus (solid or whole), and the love of one’s fellow citizens and neighbors implied by the Greek … Continue reading Soliphilia
Ecoanxiety and Meteoranxiety
Ecoanxiety and Meteoranxiety From Earth Emotions (2019 Cornell University Press). In psychology, there has been research on a branch of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) focused on the environment for many decades. The ‘environment’ in this context has meant anything connected to the suite of settings, external to the sufferer, which might be the cause of … Continue reading Ecoanxiety and Meteoranxiety
Solastalgia, the Symbiotic Emotion and the Symbiocene
Solastalgia and the Psyche As a philosopher, I tread with trepidation into the realm of psychiatry. While both disciplines have overlapping domains in the mind/brain nexus, they also diverge into many areas where there seems very little mutual contact. That only psychiatry has a clinical context is also a major point of departure. One area … Continue reading Solastalgia, the Symbiotic Emotion and the Symbiocene
Psychoterratica 