CONTENTS
1 Cover
7 Introduction: What Next, Now That the Limits Have Been Breached? References
8 Part I The Predicament 1 What Climate Science Can and Cannot Tell Us About Our Predicament Where we are after 125 years of climate science The root of denial may be found in the workings of climate science A case for the virtue of scientific ignorance Two possible new approaches for survival and compassion References 2 Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy Preamble Introduction Locating this study within academia Our non-linear world Looking ahead Apocalypse uncertain Systems of denial Framing after denial The deep adaptation agenda Research futures in the face of climate tragedy Conclusions References 3 Reasons for Anticipating Societal Collapse Introduction What do we do with this? References
9 Part II Shifts in Being 4 Climate Psychology and its Relevance to Deep Adaptation Why climate psychology? Shiva – seeing what we need to see from inside a sick culture Formation The devil has the best tunes Denial Forms of denial Denialism Disavowal A nexus of denial The psychotherapy profession – another case study? References 5 Deeper Implications of Societal Collapse: Co-liberation from the Ideology of E-s-c-a-p-e Entitlement in E-s-c-a-p-e ideology Surety in e-S-c-a-p-e ideology Control in e-s-C-a-p-e ideology Autonomy in e-s-c-A-p-e ideology Progress in e-s-c-a-P-e ideology Exceptionalism in e-s-c-a-p-E ideology Habits of e-s-c-a-p-e in the climate change field The economic reproduction of e-s-c-a-p-e Moving beyond e-s-c-a-p-e to c-o-s-m-o-s Considerations for co-liberation from destructive ideology References 6 Unconscious Addictions: Mapping Common Responses to Climate Change and Potential Climate Collapse Introduction Climate collapse denial The house of modernity and its four constitutive denials Responses to the possibility of climate collapse The rehab References 7 Facilitating Deep Adaptation: Enabling More Loving Conversations about Our Predicament The importance of facilitating groups in the face of collapse Understanding ‘othering’ and its remedy with facilitation Aspects of facilitating deep adaptation Containment Denial and radical uncertainty Grief Examples of deep adaptation modalities and facilitated processes