Biophilia: Alienation and Solidarity

  • 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.

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Author:Ralph Acampora
Parent Title (English):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]
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2018
Release Date:2024/11/29
Format:PDF-file to download
IdNo:Acampora_R_2018
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
Licence (German):free access / direkt zugänglich
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