... She focuses on modernist Western lifestyle and ideology as the main 'culprit' of the damage thus far, and suggests ways in which current thinking and perception within the 'west' can be altered to adapt to the changes necessary for creating a sustainable culture. The first major point Winter makes is that before any change can be made, society must first 'confront the dangerous direction in which it is heading'. By this she means that the current 'modernist' worldview is marked by a failure to recognise the problems that are being caused, as well as an apathy towards solving them. Psychology is needed to alter this view, but the current state of psychology will not allow for this change as it is too entrenched within this modernist ideology itself. Thus there will need to be a realigning of psychology. The aforementioned entrenchment is said to be a product of the relative ...

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