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'''Anarcho-Environmentalism''' is a [[political philosophy]] postulated by social activist [[Rahul Banerjee (activist)|Rahul Banerjee]] that states that <ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/rahulindauri/home/anarcho-environmetalism|title=Anarcho-environmentalism - Rahul Banerjee|website=sites.google.com}}</ref> |
'''Anarcho-Environmentalism''' is a [[political philosophy]] postulated by social activist [[Rahul Banerjee (activist)|Rahul Banerjee]] that states that <ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/rahulindauri/home/anarcho-environmetalism|title=Anarcho-environmentalism - Rahul Banerjee|website=sites.google.com}}</ref> |
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*Nature is paramount and so humans must live in harmony with nature. |
*Nature is paramount and so humans must live in harmony with nature. |
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Revision as of 19:28, 5 August 2019
Anarcho-Environmentalism is a political philosophy postulated by social activist Rahul Banerjee that states that [1]
- Nature is paramount and so humans must live in harmony with nature.
- Human organisation must be in line with Anarchist principles of stateless communities based on direct democracy and minimal individual property accumulation.
- Unarmed Mass action is required on the ground to establish an anarcho-environmentalist civilisation. Unarmed because armed struggle is not possible by anarchist groups against the centralised and heavily armed modern state.
This school of thought is a part of the larger philosophies of anarchism and environmentalism. As such its basic principles are similar to these philosophies. There are many new social movements striving for anarchistic and environmental goals that are different from the older class based mobilisations.[2] These movements are location specific and so have diverse philosophical foundations which cannot be adequately defined within broad categories and so there is philosophical differentiation.[3]
Etymology
According to Banerjee, “From the nineteen eighties there have been a number of grassoots people's organisational initiatives in the Central Indian region that have attempted to creatively synthesize the democratic space provided by the enabling provisions in the Indian Constitution and many other protective acts and the traditional consensus based mass democratic practices of the Adivasis or indigenous peoples to evolve a new theory and practice of decentralised politics and sustainable development that can be called Anarcho-Environmentalism”.[4]
Differentiation within anarchism
Anarcho-environmentalism emphasises the need for an environmentalist worldview within the larger anarchist worldview. It is different from naturalism because it is a modern philosophy that takes into account the devastation caused by industrial development which was not there at the time of the cynics like Diogenes. It is also different from the environmentalism of John Ruskin because even though he did inveigh against industrialisation and its adverse environmental impact, his opposition came from a Christian evangelical tradition whereas Anarcho-environmentalism is atheistic in character. That it is within the larger anarchist fold makes it different from liberal environmentalism which does not question the vailidity of industrialisation and centralisation but only seeks to mitigate their adverse environmental impacts. It is also different from eco-anarchism or green anarchism because it stresses the primacy of nature over humans and says that anarchism is the only form of human organisation that can ensure the primacy of nature.[1]
The main feature of this philosophy is its action oriented nature and extensive practice as set out by Banerjee in his blog.[5] Thus, in its action oriented character it is similar to Marxism which too according to Marx set out to change the world rather than just interpret it.[6] However, unlike Marxism, which is teleological and utopian in nature[7] Anarcho-environmentalism does not posit any utopian future towards which action has to be oriented and instead concentrates on practical decentralised solutions to environmental problems[8]
References
- ^ a b "Anarcho-environmentalism - Rahul Banerjee". sites.google.com.
- ^ Habermas, Jürgen (September 21, 1981). "New Social Movements". Telos. 1981 (49): 33–37. doi:10.3817/0981049033 – via journal.telospress.com.
- ^ Eyerman, Ron (February 1, 1984). "Social Movements and Social Theory". Sociology. 18 (1): 71–82. doi:10.1177/0038038584018001006 – via SAGE Journals.
- ^ "An Anarcho-Environmentalist Manifesto - Rahul Banerjee". sites.google.com.
- ^ "Anaarkali - The saga of Bhil Adivasi Indigenous People". anar-kali.blogspot.in.
- ^ "Theses on Feuerbach". www.marxists.org.
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/Poverty-Historicism-Routledge-Classics-88/dp/0415278465
- ^ "The need for survival edge technology". www.indiawaterportal.org.
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