Sally Weintrobe is a Fellow of The British Psychoanalytical Society, a founder member of the Climate Psychology Alliance and she Chairs the International Psychoanalytic Association's (IPA's) Committee on Climate. In 2021 she won an award from the IPA for her work on climate. Her past publications include, as editor and contributor, Engaging with Climate Change, short-listed in 2014 for the International Gradiva Prize for contributions to psychoanalysis.

Connects neoliberalism, the ideology of unfettered individualism, and its cultural touchstones, such as the work of Friedrich Hayek and Ayn Rand, with contemporary attitudes that are responsible for climate crisis

PrefaceIntroductionEXCEPTIONALISM: THE PSYCHOLOGY EXPLAINED1. The conflicted self2. The ordinary exception (contained by care)3. The Exception (in charge and unbound)EXCEPTIONALISM'S RISE TO POWER IN THE NEOLIBERAL AGE4. Neoliberal Exceptionalism5. Friedrich Hayek and James Buchanan6. Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged7. Globalizing the neoliberal way8. Neoliberals' rise to power9. The earth seen as a globe10. Implementing neoliberal economic policyWHAT CONTAINS EXCEPTIONALISM11. Frameworks of care12. The power of loveTHE CULTURE OF UNCARE13. Culture and the birth of consumerism14. Neoliberalism's culture of uncareHOW THIS CULTURE OPERATES15. New Speak16. The World Bank using New Speak17. Mass media18. Promoting denial19. Advertising20. Political framing21. Blocking tears22. Infantilizing peopleWE COLLUDE23. On collusionEXCEPTIONALISM GROWS FRAUD BUBBLES24. Case studies: Enron and fund managers25. The corporation26. Social groups27. TrickledownTHE NEW CARING IMAGINATION TODAY28. Paradigm shift29. Frameworks of care for a sustainable world30. Living on Planet Earth not Planet La LaTHE CLIMATE BUBBLE IS BURSTING31. The damage32. Living with our feelings about the climate crisis'THE CRAZY': EXCEPTIONALISM RUNS AMOK33. 'The crazy' in politics34. Noah's Arkism 21st-century style35. We are gods36. The 'all or nothing-ness' of having to be ideal37. Bad leaders drive 'the crazy'38. The problem of guilt39. Good leadersConclusionAcknowledgementsReferencesIndex

Psychological Roots of the Climate Crisis tells the story of a fundamental fight between a caring and an uncaring imagination. It helps us to recognise the uncaring imagination in politics, in culture - for example in the writings of Ayn Rand - and also in ourselves.Sally Weintrobe argues that achieving the shift to greater care requires us to stop colluding with Exceptionalism, the rigid psychological mindset largely responsible for the climate crisis. People in this mindset believe that they are entitled to have the lion's share and that they can 'rearrange' reality with magical omnipotent thinking whenever reality limits these felt entitlements.While this book's subject is grim, its tone is reflective, ironic, light and at times humorous. It is free of jargon, and full of examples from history, culture, literature, poetry, everyday life and the author's experience as a psychoanalyst, and a professional life that has been dedicated to helping people to face difficult truths.