Os temas centrais da crise ecossocial que o próprio activismo silencia: as dietas, o decrescimento e a demografia, ou o enigma tridimensional da extinção
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Crise, antropocentrismo, dieta alimentar, decrescimento, sobrepopulação, extinção, desinformaçãoResumo
Este artigo aborda a confusão e a desinformação prevalecentes em torno das principais respostas à crise ecossocial. Apresenta uma revisão comparativa da literatura e tira conclusões sobre as três respostas prioritárias, que designamos por 3D: transição para dietas baseadas em vegetais, decrescimento profundo e o tabu demográfico da sobrepopulação — questões sistematicamente excluídas do atual ativismo ecossocial e animal. Recorrendo a argumentos antropológicos e filosóficos, o artigo questiona a predominância das perspetivas antropocêntricas e eurocêntricas no ativismo convencional e propõe um “contínuo de decrescimento” que considera o impacto zero na biosfera como uma opção maximalista e realista. Por fim, explica brevemente as razões para a dupla negação sistémica prevalecente destas questões: a negação explícita, baseada na desinformação disseminada pelos lobistas, e a negação implícita, imposta pelo supremacismo humano generalizado e pela relutância das pessoas dos países ricos em questionar os seus privilégios e confortos. O conjunto de propostas apresentado neste artigo, que se centra na correção dos enviesamentos antropocêntricos e eurocêntricos nos discursos predominantes na sociedade contemporânea e no ativismo global, visa oferecer ferramentas interseccionais críticas para superar a desinformação e os enviesamentos da supremacia humana, que se apresentam como condição sine qua non para um futuro habitável.
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