Chapter proposals are invited for an edited book examining the nature and scope of eco-anxiety and eco-depression. Chapters taking phenomenological approaches are especially welcome. Confirmed contributors to Eco-anxiety, Eco-depression, and Planetary Hope include:
• “Green Stuff: Towards a Phenomenology of Eco-anxiety,” Eva-Maria Simms, PhD, Adrian van Kaam Professor of Psychology, Duquesne University
• “Atmospheres of Anxiety: Phenomenological Practices for the Climate Emergency,” Sam Mickey, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, University of San Francisco
• “It’s About Time: Mother Earth Joins the Time’s Up and #MeToo Movements,” Merritt Juliano, JD, LCSW, Co-President, Climate Psychology Alliance North America
Interested authors should send a 300-word abstract, 200-word biography, and sample of a previously published chapter or article to Douglas Vakoch, PhD, at dvakoch@ciis.edu by April 1, 2020. Authors whose proposals have been accepted will be notified by April 15, 2020, and first drafts of full chapters (8,000 words) are due by October 1, 2020. Final chapters are due December 1, 2020. The book targets an academic and professional audience, and all chapters should include scholarly references. Preference will be given to authors who have completed their doctorates. Only previously unpublished works will be considered. The book will appear in the series Environment and Society, published by Lexington Books, an imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group.
The editor’s previous books include Ecopsychology, Phenomenology, and the Environment: The Experience of Nature (Springer, 2014) and Transecology: Transgender Perspectives on Environment and Nature (Routledge, 2020).