The active citizen to salvage our persecuted earth: a need for psychodynamic explorations

Abstract

This article is a narrative about the role of active citizen in identity formation. Building on Shapiro from recent publications of 'Organisational and Social Dynamics', the author invites reflections into our persecutory unconscious, and argues that this is the root cause behind the worldwide environmental disasters that have become our lived experience today. This article reveals to us the impact of terraforming of the Americas, Australia, Africa, Asia, and the consequent solastalgia we experience, that is to say, the psychological distress caused by environmental devastation. Ending with a list of initiatives to mitigate the disasters that mankind has inflicted on earth’s mega-systems, this article is an appeal to psychoanalysts and psychodynamic thinkers and practitioners to activate their citizen role and come together in our global platforms to raise awareness.