Antinaturalism

Sociology

Antinaturalism is a view in sociologywhich states that the natural worldand the social worldare different. It is closely related to antipositivism, and is the opposite of sociological naturalism.

Politics

As a political movementin France, antinaturalism is closely linked to the animal rightsmovement; some antinaturalists posit that any reference to Natural law, such as the reintroduction of wolfpredators into a forest to curb deeroverpopulation, is a form of speciesism, and encourage veganismin human beings as well as in predatoranimals, as a way of showing equal respect to the lives of preyas to the lives of predators. Antinaturalism is also closely linked to anti-sexistand queer liberationmovements, in part a reaction against religious fundamentalistswho justify male subjugation of women, social exclusion of homosexuality, and the primacy of a gender binaryfeaturing patriarchal men, maternal women, and no room for weakness or disability, as expressions of Natural law. Some french antinaturalists defend abortion, divorce, contraception, surgery, and other means by which human beings can take control of their own bodies and their own environments. Antinaturalism stands in contrast to some radical ecologymovements, which state that Natureitself is sacred, and should be preserved for its own sake; antinaturalism posits that all human acts are natural, and that ecological preservation is important inasmuch as it is necessary for human survival, not because of some inherently sacred attribute of Nature as a whole.

See also

• sociological positivism

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