Homo sapiens, homo demens e homo degradandis: A psiquê humana e a crise ambiental

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This article discusses the environmental crisis through a dialogue between psychoanalysis, philosophy and the social sciences. It intends to introduce a common axis to the understanding of the relations between psyche and nature in a reflective text about human nature, its complexities and sociopathologies. The environmental crisis in which we are imbedded is approached through the followed propositions: (i) humanity has broken its links with its natural condition; (ii) humanity may be psychologically ill; (iii) humanity is not morally able to delegate the overcoming of the environmental crisis to the new generations because we live in a simulacrum associated with consumerism and alienation. We conclude that there is a subjective root in the environmental crisis, the analysis of which depends on finding the adequate answers to the civilization impasse that we currently face.

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Ninis, A. B., & Bilibio, M. A. (2012). Homo sapiens, homo demens e homo degradandis: A psiquê humana e a crise ambiental. Psicologia e Sociedade, 24(1), 46–55. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-71822012000100006

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