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to one another in society, and to        philosophy, critical social theory,
                                                     ourselves. The multiple crises we        sociology and ecopsychology, when
                                                     face collectively (economic, social      interweaved, illuminate the radical

                                                     and spiritual) are considered here       importance of the perceptual
                                                     intertwined with the ecological          underbelly that steers our

                                                     crisis at large in this ‘Age of the      relationships, to water, wider
                                                     Anthropocene.’ The intersection          nature, and beyond. It is postulated

                                                     between the modes of perception          that responding to these crises will
                                                     we harbour, and the relationship we      require, first and foremost, a shift in

                                                     hold to our planet on the macro          habitual perception. A holistic and
                                                     level, is considered intimately          trans-disciplinary experimental

                                                     connected to the way in which we         approach is evoked here in order to
                                                     relate to ourselves (the micro) and      assist in our understanding of

                                                     to one another at the meso level.        imbalanced and so problematic
                                                     Thus, it is suggested that ultimately    elements of what I call ‘fragmentary

                                                     all our crises contain at root           frameworks,’ in order to attempt to
                                                     different manifestations of a crisis     espouse offerings of the perceptual

                                                     of perception. Resonating                conditions that may evoke and
                                                     contributions from environmental         enable pro-social change.”







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