Andy Fisher is a psychotherapist in private practice.

"In this second edition of his 2001 treatise published under the same title, Fisher reveals his growth and maturity as a theoretical analyst for defining ecopsychology, using perspectives drawn from his vantage point as a practicing psychotherapist." — CHOICEPraise for the First Edition"…a provocative look at the philosophical concepts (and conceits) that underlie what truly is a radical new form of social thought." — Utne

• Foreword by David AbramPrefacePreface to the Second EditionAcknowledgmentsPart I. Ground Work 1. The Project of ExopsychologyThe Terrain of EcopsychologyGetting a Handle of the ProjectFour TasksA Naturalistic and Experimental Approach2. The Problem with NormalDiscursive ProblemsBetween the Human and the NaturalIn Praise of the Not-So-Normal: The Hermeneutic DimensionThe Symbolic or Metaphorical Nature of Reality and the Discursive Primacy of RhetoricPart II. Nature and Experience 3. Beginning with Experience"Returning to Experience"Talking About ExperienceExperiential Destruction and Ecological Crisis4. From Humanistic to Naturalistic PsychologyThe Irony of Humanistic PsychologyOn Nature and Human Nature5. Naturalistic Psychology: A Sketch"If We Truly Experience Needs…"NaturalismLife as a Hermeneutic Sense-Making JourneyNature and the Human Life CyclePart III. Ecopsychology Today 6. A Decade Later: Still Radical After All These YearsLooking Back, Looking ForwardSituating Ecopsychology: What About Environmental and Conservation Psychology?Ecopsychology as a Transformation of PsychologyThe Ecopsychology Journal and "Second Generation" EcopsychologyEcotherapy: The Question of PraxisIntegral Ecology: Agreements and DisagreementsChallenges AheadNotesBibliographyIndex

Andy Fisher is a psychotherapist in private practice.

"In this second edition of his 2001 treatise published under the same title, Fisher reveals his growth and maturity as a theoretical analyst for defining ecopsychology, using perspectives drawn from his vantage point as a practicing psychotherapist." — CHOICEPraise for the First Edition"…a provocative look at the philosophical concepts (and conceits) that underlie what truly is a radical new form of social thought." — Utne

• Foreword by David AbramPrefacePreface to the Second EditionAcknowledgmentsPart I. Ground Work 1. The Project of ExopsychologyThe Terrain of EcopsychologyGetting a Handle of the ProjectFour TasksA Naturalistic and Experimental Approach2. The Problem with NormalDiscursive ProblemsBetween the Human and the NaturalIn Praise of the Not-So-Normal: The Hermeneutic DimensionThe Symbolic or Metaphorical Nature of Reality and the Discursive Primacy of RhetoricPart II. Nature and Experience 3. Beginning with Experience"Returning to Experience"Talking About ExperienceExperiential Destruction and Ecological Crisis4. From Humanistic to Naturalistic PsychologyThe Irony of Humanistic PsychologyOn Nature and Human Nature5. Naturalistic Psychology: A Sketch"If We Truly Experience Needs…"NaturalismLife as a Hermeneutic Sense-Making JourneyNature and the Human Life CyclePart III. Ecopsychology Today 6. A Decade Later: Still Radical After All These YearsLooking Back, Looking ForwardSituating Ecopsychology: What About Environmental and Conservation Psychology?Ecopsychology as a Transformation of PsychologyThe Ecopsychology Journal and "Second Generation" EcopsychologyEcotherapy: The Question of PraxisIntegral Ecology: Agreements and DisagreementsChallenges AheadNotesBibliographyIndex

Andy Fisher is a psychotherapist in private practice.

"In this second edition of his 2001 treatise published under the same title, Fisher reveals his growth and maturity as a theoretical analyst for defining ecopsychology, using perspectives drawn from his vantage point as a practicing psychotherapist." — CHOICEPraise for the First Edition"…a provocative look at the philosophical concepts (and conceits) that underlie what truly is a radical new form of social thought." — Utne

• Foreword by David AbramPrefacePreface to the Second EditionAcknowledgmentsPart I. Ground Work 1. The Project of ExopsychologyThe Terrain of EcopsychologyGetting a Handle of the ProjectFour TasksA Naturalistic and Experimental Approach2. The Problem with NormalDiscursive ProblemsBetween the Human and the NaturalIn Praise of the Not-So-Normal: The Hermeneutic DimensionThe Symbolic or Metaphorical Nature of Reality and the Discursive Primacy of RhetoricPart II. Nature and Experience 3. Beginning with Experience"Returning to Experience"Talking About ExperienceExperiential Destruction and Ecological Crisis4. From Humanistic to Naturalistic PsychologyThe Irony of Humanistic PsychologyOn Nature and Human Nature5. Naturalistic Psychology: A Sketch"If We Truly Experience Needs…"NaturalismLife as a Hermeneutic Sense-Making JourneyNature and the Human Life CyclePart III. Ecopsychology Today 6. A Decade Later: Still Radical After All These YearsLooking Back, Looking ForwardSituating Ecopsychology: What About Environmental and Conservation Psychology?Ecopsychology as a Transformation of PsychologyThe Ecopsychology Journal and "Second Generation" EcopsychologyEcotherapy: The Question of PraxisIntegral Ecology: Agreements and DisagreementsChallenges AheadNotesBibliographyIndex