A post-humanist and anti-capitalist understanding of the rights of nature (with a coda about the commons)
I will raise the question of whether it is conceptually acceptable and practically useful to speak in terms of rights of Nature. I will answer positively: we may talk about rights of Nature with complete legitimacy. In addition, I will argue that we must do so from an anti-capitalist and postcolonia...
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| description | I will raise the question of whether it is conceptually acceptable and practically useful to speak in terms of rights of Nature. I will answer positively: we may talk about rights of Nature with complete legitimacy. In addition, I will argue that we must do so from an anti-capitalist and postcolonial perspective; that is, not as a metaphor or a legal fiction, but considering that for some peoples of the world, natural entities genuinely have a personality worthy of protection through rights. I will also defend that the expression “rights of Nature” goes beyond the problem of the entitlement (Nature or Earth as “new holders”). Indeed, the emergence of the rights of Nature implies a radical change in the actual concept of rights; a change which compels us to move from humanism to post-humanism. This in turn leads us to dismantle the individualistic, anthropocentric, Eurocentric and ownership-based perspective of rights.
El objetivo de este artículo es plantear la pregunta de si hablar de derechos de la naturaleza resulta conceptualmente aceptable y prácticamente útil. La respuesta es positiva: podemos hablar de derechos de la naturaleza con total legitimidad. Además, se defenderá que debemos hacerlo desde un enfoque anticapitalista y postcolonial, es decir, no como una metáfora o una ficción jurídica, sino tomando en consideración que, para algunos pueblos del mundo, las entidades naturales tienen genuinamente una personalidad que merece protección a través de derechos. También se sostendrá que la expresión “derechos de la naturaleza” va más allá del problema de la titularidad (la idea de la Naturaleza o la Tierra como “nuevos titulares”), ya que, en realidad, la emergencia de los derechos de la naturaleza implica un cambio radical en el mismo concepto de los derechos; un cambio que nos obliga a transitar del humanismo al post-humanismo. Esto, a su vez, nos debería llevar a abandonar la perspectiva individualista, antropocéntrica, eurocéntrica y propietarista de los derechos. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b95b33a515b346e69ca3e915f21306a42023-06-01T08:44:05ZengOñati International Institute for the Sociology of LawOñati Socio-Legal Series2079-59712023-06-011331003103510.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-13862297A post-humanist and anti-capitalist understanding of the rights of nature (with a coda about the commons)Luis Lloredo Alix0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5483-7346Universidad Autónoma de MadridI will raise the question of whether it is conceptually acceptable and practically useful to speak in terms of rights of Nature. I will answer positively: we may talk about rights of Nature with complete legitimacy. In addition, I will argue that we must do so from an anti-capitalist and postcolonial perspective; that is, not as a metaphor or a legal fiction, but considering that for some peoples of the world, natural entities genuinely have a personality worthy of protection through rights. I will also defend that the expression “rights of Nature” goes beyond the problem of the entitlement (Nature or Earth as “new holders”). Indeed, the emergence of the rights of Nature implies a radical change in the actual concept of rights; a change which compels us to move from humanism to post-humanism. This in turn leads us to dismantle the individualistic, anthropocentric, Eurocentric and ownership-based perspective of rights. El objetivo de este artículo es plantear la pregunta de si hablar de derechos de la naturaleza resulta conceptualmente aceptable y prácticamente útil. La respuesta es positiva: podemos hablar de derechos de la naturaleza con total legitimidad. Además, se defenderá que debemos hacerlo desde un enfoque anticapitalista y postcolonial, es decir, no como una metáfora o una ficción jurídica, sino tomando en consideración que, para algunos pueblos del mundo, las entidades naturales tienen genuinamente una personalidad que merece protección a través de derechos. También se sostendrá que la expresión “derechos de la naturaleza” va más allá del problema de la titularidad (la idea de la Naturaleza o la Tierra como “nuevos titulares”), ya que, en realidad, la emergencia de los derechos de la naturaleza implica un cambio radical en el mismo concepto de los derechos; un cambio que nos obliga a transitar del humanismo al post-humanismo. Esto, a su vez, nos debería llevar a abandonar la perspectiva individualista, antropocéntrica, eurocéntrica y propietarista de los derechos.https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1581rights of natureanti-capitalismbiocentrismpostcolonialismpost-humanismcommonspolitical ecologyanticapitalismoderechos de la naturalezaposcolonialismopost-humanismojusticia ecológicabiocentrismobienes comunes |
| spellingShingle | Luis Lloredo Alix A post-humanist and anti-capitalist understanding of the rights of nature (with a coda about the commons) Oñati Socio-Legal Series rights of nature anti-capitalism biocentrism postcolonialism post-humanism commons political ecology anticapitalismo derechos de la naturaleza poscolonialismo post-humanismo justicia ecológica biocentrismo bienes comunes |
| title | A post-humanist and anti-capitalist understanding of the rights of nature (with a coda about the commons) |
| title_full | A post-humanist and anti-capitalist understanding of the rights of nature (with a coda about the commons) |
| title_fullStr | A post-humanist and anti-capitalist understanding of the rights of nature (with a coda about the commons) |
| title_full_unstemmed | A post-humanist and anti-capitalist understanding of the rights of nature (with a coda about the commons) |
| title_short | A post-humanist and anti-capitalist understanding of the rights of nature (with a coda about the commons) |
| title_sort | post humanist and anti capitalist understanding of the rights of nature with a coda about the commons |
| topic | rights of nature anti-capitalism biocentrism postcolonialism post-humanism commons political ecology anticapitalismo derechos de la naturaleza poscolonialismo post-humanismo justicia ecológica biocentrismo bienes comunes |
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