A Growing Disconnection From Nature Is Evident in Cultural Products

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 258-269

  Kesebir, Selin ^a   Kesebir, Pelin ^b  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

content analysis; cultural change; culture; language; nature; sustainability; well being

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NATURAL SCIENCE;

CULTURE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NATURE;

EID: 85016580654     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691616662473     Document Type: Article

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