cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/37613672
Degrowth, a leading paradigm addressing our socio-ecological crisis, criticizes the highly destructive animal factory-farming industry. However, it does not challenge the commodification of sentient beings and the underlying system that perpetuates the oppression of the “less-than-human”. Animals-as-food, reduced to “flesh machines,” are exploited with institutional legitimacy rooted in societal belief systems. Drawing upon posthumanist and ecofeminist perspectives, this article argues that to achieve a just transformation, the degrowth proposal must gain ethical congruence and dismantle anthropocentric worldviews. Adopting an anti-speciesist framework becomes crucial to overcoming socio-ecological collapse, fundamentally reshaping our interactions with cohabiting individualities within the biosphere.
Very well-written article. Any attempt at a more sustainable or equitable mode of living absolutely must take an anti-speciesist approach. Few groups that grow large enough to gain recognition actually stick to their values, but I’m excited to see new smaller projects like Amazon Restore and Pacha Libre starting up with such strong commitments to do their part as ethically as possible. I wish that there were more people doing such things.
Does anyone here know of other people/groups making progress toward vegan, degrowth, solarpunk, anarchist living?