“I am in mourning for life on Earth”: Taking precariousness and grievability beyond the human

Judith Butler’s contributions to philosophy and politics have become one of the most fruitful spores in contemporary thought. Engaging with a wide range of critical thinking, they open a source to many of those who speak from the resistance to the norm. This article aims at introducing an antispecie...

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Authors: Hennrich, Dirk Michael, Villanueva-Pérez, Inés
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2024
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
Repository:Perspectiva Filosófica (Online)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.periodicos.ufpe.br:article/261006
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/perspectivafilosofica/article/view/261006
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:precariedade
passividade de luto
corpos para-além-do-humano
ética antiespecista
precariousness
grievability
bodies beyond-the-human
antispeciecist ethics
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Summary:Judith Butler’s contributions to philosophy and politics have become one of the most fruitful spores in contemporary thought. Engaging with a wide range of critical thinking, they open a source to many of those who speak from the resistance to the norm. This article aims at introducing an antispeciecist reading of their major contributions to epistemology, ontology and ethics, namely through the concepts of frame, precariousness and grievability, with a special focus on their conception of the body. These ideas are discussed from the perspective of a possibility: that of taking Butler’s proposal beyond the human. The reflection shows that they do open interesting paths for antispeciecist philosophy, while some of its implications are not free of difficulty.