Fernandez Velasco, Pablo and RICHARDSON, LOUISE FIONA orcid.org/0000-0001-9484-7015 (2025) Ecological grief as a shared emotion. Emotion Review. ISSN: 1754-0739
Abstract
There is a growing interdisciplinary effort to understand the emotional dimensions of the climate crisis. A central focus in this line of research is ecological grief—the grief felt in relation to ecological losses. Ecological grief is frequently claimed to be a shared emotion. Here, we discuss whether, and in which way, ecological grief is a shared emotion. We argue that ecological grief is characteristically shared as a group-based emotion. The shared character of ecological grief comes down to the shared nature of place-based practices and place-based identity, and this is reflected in the intentional structure of ecological grief, which is about our possibilities that have been lost through the loss of place. Ecological grief is also, we argue, apt to take the form of a shared process due to the often ambiguous and ongoing nature of ecological losses.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2025 |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Philosophy (York) |
Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2025 08:50 |
Last Modified: | 29 Sep 2025 23:04 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/17540739251379796 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/17540739251379796 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:232201 |
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