Radical Natural Law

The Critical Standpoint of Animals and Nature

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Eschewing anthropocentric framings, Radical Natural Law proposes a reconception of natural law that locates it in the critical standpoints of animals and other life forms in the natural world.Engaging an impressively diverse range of thinkers and intellectual traditions, from conceptions of natural law in ancient Stoic and scholastic writings, to theoretical discussions about natural-world critical subjectivity in modern schools of thought, this book is an original and timely discussion that draws from within the Western philosophical tradition to make a case for the extension of natural law to non-human life.Josephine Donovan identifies a common premise that she uses as the foundation for radical natural law: the fact that there are in all living organisms both an innate design or dynamic order and a centre of awareness or ‘self’, who knows what the imperatives of that order are and seeks to satisfy the needs essential to survival as such

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-02-19
Mått146 x 218 x 14 mm
Vikt280 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor120
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350563032

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Once in a generation a foundational work of political theory comes along to show us the world in a truly new light. Radical Natural Law is just such a work. In her bold reimagining of natural law theory, Josephine Donovan returns us to the neglected concept of natural essences to ground the inherent dignity of all animals in their telos as living beings. Along the way, Donovan, a distinguished scholar at the peak of her powers, upends the fact-value distinction, restores subjectivity to living matter, and smashes through conceptual logjams in ethics and political philosophy that have kept us from grasping the true nature of our civilizational crisis. Drawing on insights from such disparate currents as Stoicism, Hegelian Marxism, the Oxford women’s school in philosophy, and the phenomenology of empathy, Donovan charts an urgent new project for the 'de-reification' of the animate world. Coming at a time when the lives and dignity of all living beings are under violent assault across the planet, Donovan’s insights could not be more timely or important. This brilliant book is a must-read for anyone concerned to save our dying world.