Raviver les braises du vivant : Un front commun

by Baptiste Morizot

Face à la crise écologique actuelle, nos actions semblent impuissantes. Mais c’est peut-être qu’on protège mal ce qu'on comprend mal. Nous ne sommes pas des Humains face à la Nature. Nous sommes des vivants parmi les vivants. Que devient l’idée de “protéger la nature” quand on a compris cela ? Cela devient raviver les braises du vivant, c’est-à-dire lutter pour restituer aux dynamiques du vivant leur vitalité et leur pleine expression. Cet ouvrage se penche sur des initiatives qui révèlent un mouvement puissant, qu’il faut accompagner et nourrir : la réappropriation de la défense du tissu du vivant, du soin des milieux de vie. Nous sommes le vivant qui se défend.

Genres: Ecology, Philosophy, Nonfiction

208 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 16, 2020

Reviews

[Peter Zomer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Important book, explaining the philosophical ('metaphysical') roots of our Western culture's approach of 'nature'. Morizot proposes to discard the word 'nature' from ecological thought altogether, and replace it by 'le vivant', a term that binds human beings together with all other living beings on earth. For by setting human beings apart from nature, Western thought has made it possible to make the rest of the living world ('nature') into an object that is to be controlled, and to improve this control continuously further, up to the maximum. Devastating agricultural systems are the result. Utter control of sources and soils will ultimately lead to destruction of the living systems on the planet and to human's self-destruction. Morizot pleads to replace this flawed thought for a way of thinking that emphasizes relation and connection between humans and the rest of the living tissue of the biosphere. A necessary starting point to a more inclusive way of preserving nature, or better: of preserving 'nature', which should then be: of preserving 'the living'. The book includes many examples of practical ways of doing that.

Yes, the book contains an urgent message. However, the text tends to be a bit long-winded and repetitive. Through the continuous repetition Morizot comes across as a bit pushy; it makes the message all too clear.

[Adrien · Rating 5 out of 5]

Que c'était riche !