The Greening of Tony Soprano

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Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind edited by Theodore Roszak, Mary E. Gomes, and Allen D. Kanner (Sierra Club Books, $16.95). In this 1995 collection, psychologists, wilderness guides, activists, and others explore the influence of nature in their life and work.

Phenomenology of Perception by Maurice Merleau-Ponty (Routledge, $14.95). A 20th-century French thinker, Merleau-Ponty created a fascinating but difficult model of how our minds (and bodies) are shaped by the wider living world. This new edition (the book was first published in 1945) marks a revived interest in his work, sparked in part by the evocative use of his theories in The Spell of the Sensuous, an influential 1996 book by ecophilosopher David Abram.

Nature and Madness by Paul Shepard (University of Georgia Press, $17.95). First published in 1982, this is one of several recently reissued books by the pioneering American philosopher whose insights on nature anticipated what now is known as ecopsychology.

Radical Ecopsychology: Psychology in the Service of Life by Andy Fisher (State University of New York Press, $24.95). Part manifesto, part theoretical study, Fisher’s book is an ambitious call for a new appreciation of nature in both practical therapy and social action.

A Sitdown with The Sopranos edited by Regina Barreca (Palgrave Macmillan, $12.95). In a series of thoughtful and largely appreciative essays, eight writers explore Italian American culture as portrayed on The Sopranos.

The Psychology of The Sopranos by Glen O. Gabbard (Basic Books, $22). Gabbard, a psychiatrist, uses Tony Soprano’s life and therapy to illustrate this engaging introduction to modern psychoanalysis.

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