@article{Acampora2018, author = {Acampora, Ralph}, title = {Biophilia: Alienation and Solidarity}, journal = {Between the Species - A Journal for the Study of Philosophy and Animals, Vol. 22, No. 1 (2018), pp. 136-157. [Online ISSN 1945-8487] [digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2170\&context=bts]}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Biophilia, theorized by Fromm, Wilson, and Kellert, is examined as a potential support for a pro-animal ethos. First, I look at the idea and its definitions at the hands of its chief theorizers. Then, I investigate how different stages of human cultural development (foraging, pastoralism, industrial agriculture) have influenced different aspects of biophilia - especially as this bears on animal alienation. Finally, I consider possible remedies in the form of renewed patterns of solidarity with other species, one of which transforms Marx' concept of species-being. This article has ethical implications, but it is essentially a work in philosophical anthropology.}, language = {en} }