The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)
Abstract
At the turn of the last century, Shōma Morita, MD (1874-1938), observed the ways thriving habitats revitalize and sustain humans, other mammals, birds, insects, fish, trees, fungi, and other life. Compatibly, Morita progressed his theory of peripheral consciousness (mushojūshin), which informed his therapeutic ecological habitat and methods. In Morita’s era, scholars and clinicians mulled over diverse hypotheses on consciousness and how consciousness theories (or lack of a theory) influence therapy and places of delivery. Largely by the 1980s, phenomenological inquiry was displaced (if not discredited) by advocates and funders of cognitive science. Therein, consciousness was reframed as awareness in humans and animals that depends on the species neurological substrates.
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LeVine, Peg
(2020)
"Morita Therapy According to Morita: Dwelling in the Tension between Hardy and Fragile Life,"
The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE): Vol. 1:
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1, Article 5.
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https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/ije/vol1/iss1/5
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