The separation from nature and separated subjects: critical investigations with Theodor W. Adorno and Françoise d’Eaubonne

In this article I open a dialogue between Theodor W. Adorno and Françoise d'Eaubonne to analyse how the Western self-proclaimed separation from nature is indissociable from the naturalisation of separated others. I focus on the reification of the identity category "woman" as a cipher...

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Published inActa academica (Bloemfontein, South Africa) Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 30 - 48
Main Author Loslier, Marie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published University of the Free State 01.12.2024
Subjects
gender
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
nature
Political Science
reification
separation
Social Issues
social reproduction
gender
separation
nature
reification
social reproduction
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ISSN0587-2405
2415-0479
2415-0479
DOI10.38140/aa.v56i2.8970

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Summary:In this article I open a dialogue between Theodor W. Adorno and Françoise d'Eaubonne to analyse how the Western self-proclaimed separation from nature is indissociable from the naturalisation of separated others. I focus on the reification of the identity category "woman" as a cipher for explaining the collusion between domination and social reproduction. I argue that claims of separation are, at bottom, claims of domination associated with a repression of those claims. I end the paper by showing how designing a collective project of emancipation that incorporates the need for ecological balance is impossible without continuing the enterprises of denaturalisation, and without focusing on political agency and the liberation of subjectivities.
ISSN:0587-2405
2415-0479
2415-0479
DOI:10.38140/aa.v56i2.8970