Journal article

Solidarity vs. Identification

The Debate between Ecofeminism and Deep Ecology

Pages 94 to 101

Cite this article


  • Afeissa, H.-S.
(2017). Solidarity Vs. Identification the Debate Between Ecofeminism and Deep Ecology. Multitudes, No 67(2), 94-101. https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.067.0094.

  • Afeissa, Hicham-Stéphane.
« Solidarity vs. Identification : The Debate between Ecofeminism and Deep Ecology ». Multitudes, 2017/2 No 67, 2017. p.94-101. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2017-2-page-94?lang=en.

  • AFEISSA, Hicham-Stéphane,
2017. Solidarity vs. Identification The Debate between Ecofeminism and Deep Ecology. Multitudes, 2017/2 No 67, p.94-101. DOI : 10.3917/mult.067.0094. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2017-2-page-94?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.067.0094


English

The debate between deep ecology and ecofeminism revolves around a constant feature of both currents of thought. By focusing attention on a central figure of each movement—Arne Naess and Val Plumwood—this article attempts to show that the key proposition elaborated by the latter, that of a political solidarity with nature, can only be understood in polemical relation with the thesis of an identification between humans and non-humans, as defended by the theorist of deep ecology.

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