Le besoin et la niche écologique : biologie et sciences sociales dans l’anthropocène
Despite the existence of environmental inequalities, the ecological crisis concerns the human species as a whole. As such, it calls for the elaboration of a concept of species, currently absent from the theoretical repertoire of the social sciences. The aim of this article is to contribute to this e...
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| Aineistotyyppi: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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2024
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| Linkit: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Yhteenveto: | Despite the existence of environmental inequalities, the ecological crisis concerns the human species as a whole. As such, it calls for the elaboration of a concept of species, currently absent from the theoretical repertoire of the social sciences. The aim of this article is to contribute to this elaboration. To this end, it will examine the links between two concepts: one from the social sciences, and in particular Marxism, the concept of need; the other from biology, the concept of ecological niche. Each of these concepts lies at the interface between nature and culture, forcing us to problematize the distinction between the two. At the same time, they give concrete expression to the way in which we might investigate the dynamics of the environmental crisis. Need and ecological niche are the potential foundations of a species concept for the social sciences. As we shall see, this concept is inseparable from the context of environmental crisis from which it emerges. |
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