Climate Justice, Capitalism, and the Political Role of the Psychological Professions

IF 3.6 2区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Review of General Psychology Pub Date : 2023-05-10 DOI:10.1177/10892680231175394
Abiodun Omotayo Oladejo, Nick Malherbe, A. van Niekerk
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The term Anthropocene (Age of Human) implies that the reduction of carbon emissions is a matter of changing human behaviour. This risks depoliticising the climate emergency. Everyone is not equally responsible for climate change, and the consequences of climate change are not distributed equally. Climate change is overwhelmingly the result of extractive and exploitative capitalist production. It is thus more useful to understand the climate crisis in terms of the Capitalocene (Age of Capital), with climate justice being a terrain of anti-capitalist struggle. Mainstream responses to climate change have largely neglected the Capitalocene, focusing instead on consumer behaviour. This individualistic approach has been taken up by several ecologically oriented psychological professions, where the emphasis has been on ‘responsible consumer behaviour’ and/or the psychological effects of climate uncertainty. There is, however, a growing critical tradition within the psychological professions that seeks to advance climate justice by taking seriously the capitalist political economy. Indeed, psychological practitioners are equipped with skills that may be useful for activists involved in psychopolitical efforts to consolidate climate justice movements and build political power. We posit three key areas for psychological practitioners working for climate justice movements: solidarity-making, affective mediation, and resource mobilisation.
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气候正义、资本主义和心理专业的政治角色
人类世(人类时代)一词意味着减少碳排放是改变人类行为的问题。这有可能使气候紧急情况非政治化。每个人对气候变化的责任不平等,气候变化的后果也不平等分配。气候变化绝大多数是采掘和剥削资本主义生产的结果。因此,从资本时代的角度来理解气候危机更为有用,因为气候正义是反资本主义斗争的一个领域。主流应对气候变化的措施在很大程度上忽视了Capitalocene,转而关注消费者行为。这种个人主义的方法已经被一些以生态为导向的心理学专业所采用,他们强调“负责任的消费者行为”和/或气候不确定性的心理影响。然而,心理学界有一个日益增长的批判传统,试图通过认真对待资本主义政治经济来促进气候正义。事实上,心理从业者具备的技能可能对参与心理政治努力的活动家有用,以巩固气候正义运动和建立政治权力。我们为气候正义运动的心理从业者提出了三个关键领域:团结、情感调解和资源调动。
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Review of General Psychology
Review of General Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
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期刊介绍: Review of General Psychology seeks to publish innovative theoretical, conceptual, or methodological articles that cross-cut the traditional subdisciplines of psychology. The journal contains articles that advance theory, evaluate and integrate research literatures, provide a new historical analysis, or discuss new methodological developments in psychology as a whole. Review of General Psychology is especially interested in articles that bridge gaps between subdisciplines in psychology as well as related fields or that focus on topics that transcend traditional subdisciplinary boundaries.
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