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.
| Author: | Ralph Acampora |
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| 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 |
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