The Interconnected Nature of Anymal and Earth Activism. (July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kemmerer, Lisa
• Other Names: Almiron Núria guest-editor.; Faria Catia guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: American behavioral scientist. Volume 63:Number 8(2019)
• Page Start: 1061
• Page End: 1079
• Publication Date: 2019-07
• Subjects: activism -- ecofeminism -- Asian philosophy -- indigenous traditions -- climate change -- population/consumption pressures -- plant-based diet -- empowering women and girls; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Political science -- Periodicals; United States -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; United States -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; 300
• DOI: 10.1177/0002764219830460
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-7642

Abstract

Ecofeminism critiques the common Greco-diaspora worldview, which focuses on divisions and hierarchy, and is shared by millions of people in industrialized nations. Not surprisingly, given this worldview, environmental and animal activists are keenly aware of their differences, both philosophical and practical, and therefore envision their causes and their work as separate and distinct. Asian philosophy, indigenous traditions, and science offer alternative visions, presenting a more interrelational, interconnected, interdependent, unified, and egalitarian sense of the universe. If this alternative worldview is viable for earth and animal advocacy, it must shed light on pressing problems and indicate workable solutions, particularly with regard to the most pressing problems of the day. When applied to climate change and population/consumption, this alternative vision of an interrelational, interconnected, interdependent, unified, and egalitarian universe proves effective for identifying core concerns that are shared and indicating viable joint solutions.