Antinaturalism (politics)

Antinaturalism, or anti-naturalism, is the opposition to essentialist invocations of nature or natural order.[1][2] It is associated with antispeciesism, anti-racism, feminism, and transhumanism.[3][4]

Antinaturalist philosophy is closely linked to the French animal rights movement and materialist feminism.[1] It is also supported by xenofeminists, who advocate for a form of feminism holding that if nature is unjust, it should be changed.[5] Notable advocates include David Olivier and Yves Bonnardel.[6]

  1. ^ a b Bonnardel, Yves (December 1994). "Appropriation and the concept of Nature". Cahiers antispécistes. 11.
  2. ^ Grosz, Elizabeth (20 May 2013). "Conclusion". In Gunew, Sneja (ed.). Feminist Knowledge (RLE Feminist Theory): Critique and Construct (0 ed.). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203094037. ISBN 978-0-203-09403-7.
  3. ^ Olivier, David (9 April 1999). "Contribution au débat à la maison de l'écologie" [Contribution to the debate at the House of Ecology]. Les Cahiers antispécistes (in French). Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. ^ Ferry, Luc (2016). La révolution transhumaniste [The Transhumanist Revolution] (in French). Paris: Place des éditeurs. ISBN 978-2-259-25100-6.
  5. ^ Hester, Helen (2018). "What Is Xenofeminism?". Xenofeminism. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-5095-2066-4.
  6. ^ Siegler, Pierre (12 March 2020). "L'idéologie du 'tout social' nuit aux humains et aux animaux" [The ideology of the "all social" harms humans and animals]. L'Amorce (in Canadian French). Retrieved 14 August 2020.