Key Terms

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

Definition from http://totalassaultonculture.wordpress.com/2009/01/23/the-ethico-aesthetic-paradigm-tribal-assemblages-and-space-rock/

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

Definition from http://dynamicmedianetwork.org/publications/mobile-phones-and-the-ethico-aesthetic-paradigm

Definition from http://totalassaultonculture.wordpress.com/2009/01/23/the-ethico-aesthetic-paradigm-tribal-assemblages-and-space-rock/

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

 

 

 

 

 

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