Abstract
ABSTRACT In this paper, we explore how immersion in nature implicitly relates to consumerism and how our emotional engagement with nature is manifested as power dynamics in our drive to connect with nature. Utilizing insights from Aristotelian ethics (specifically eudaimonic wellbeing), mindfulness, and aesthetics, we propose a tripartite framework of moods associated with ‘friluftsliv’ in a Norwegian context, arguing that engagement with nature harbours a concealed ecological fallacy. Identifying the means by which we can deepen and enrich our emotional awareness of nature – especially by pinpointing emotions that spur people to act in harmony with the environment – holds immense potential for the development of sustainable lifestyles. We categorize these conceptual moods as the hedonic mood, the eudaimonic mood, and the mood of self-transcendence. Addressing the Western, individualistic perspective on the human-nature relationship, we suggest that leisure and recreational interactions with nature are conducive to a revitalization of the concept of ‘friluftsliv’.
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