Ecosophy: refers to a field of practice introduced by psychoanalyst, poststructuralist philosopher and political activist Felix Guattari. The three related ecologies of environmental, mental and social worlds and their amalgamation into a methodological practice.
Definition from http://www.environment.gen.tr/deep-ecology/216-ecosophy.html
Definition from http://reconstruction.eserver.org/BReviews/revEcologies.htm
Ecology: in the Guattarian sense then, is a study of complex phenomena, including human subjectivity, the environment, and social relations, all of which are intimately interconnected.
- Mental Ecology: ecology of the mind
- Social Ecology: ecology of society
- Environmental Ecology: ecology of the environment
Subjectivity: that which constitutes the self
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Ethico-aesthetic paradigm: is an object of experimentation that seeks to
circumvent obstacles in the formal structure of power; this is more or less how ethics and embodied experience come together in specific contexts
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Socius: from the latin; partner, comrade, associate, ally.
Definition from http://www.encyclo.co.uk/define/socius
Structuralism: first school of psychology, focusing on breaking down mental processes to basic parts.
Definition from http://psychology.about.com/od/historyofpsychology/a/structuralism.htm
Postmodernism: response to modernist movement which is seen reacting to classical concepts in arts and literature.
Definition from http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-postmodernism.htm
Deterritorialization: term used by Guatarri to designate freeing of labour-power from means of production.
Definition from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deterritorialization
Integrated World Capitalism (IWC):the idea that capitalism was re- organising itself on a global scale.
Definition from http://www.generation-online.org/p/fpbifo1.htm