Provocative,playful,andenlightening,SimonEstok'sTheEcophobiaHypothesisawakensustoourselveswithbothcompassionandwisdomaboutapsychologicalconditionhecallsecophobia,whichisalsoprofoundlysocial,economic,andpolitical.EstokdefinesecophobiainhisIntroductionas"auniquelyhumanpsychologicalconditionthatpromptsantipathytowardnature"(1).Ecophobia,Estokalsowrites,canembody"fear,contempt,indifference,orlackofmindfulness"(1).Itis,inanutshell,anirrationalfearofnatureandagroundlesshatredofthenaturalworldhumanbeingsseemtohaveadaptedandaresufferingfromwhethertheyconsciouslyrecognizeitornot.
