« L’idée de nature dans le viseur », in L’Amorce
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The special issue “L’idée de nature dans le viseur” offers a critical examination of the concept of nature and the role it plays in justifying human domination over other animals. It explores how appeals to “nature” are often used to present a social construct—the hierarchy between species—as if it were a biological, natural, and immutable fact (“humans are superior by nature”).
Among other things, this issue shows that:
- from a scientific perspective, the concept of species is far less clear-cut than is commonly assumed;
- “human” and “animal” function not only as biological categories, but also as social categories produced and sustained through relations of domination;
- animal rights and environmental movements share important common ground, yet also diverge in significant ways;
- from an antispeciesist perspective, animals are not merely members of species contributing to biodiversity, but sentient individuals with lives of their own.
This issue also features:
- a provocative philosophical argument for viewing animals not only as moral patients, but also as moral agents;
- psychological research on animalization, a process used to demean and marginalize both humans and nonhuman animals;
- interspecies recipes to share with animals, contributed by Canadian scholar Sue Donaldson, co-author of Zoopolis;
- a response to Michel Onfray and Francis Wolff, two philosophers who criticize veganism and antispeciesism on deeply flawed grounds.
Contributors
Issue editors
Joséphine G. and Virginie Simoneau-Gilbert
Authors
Réjane Sénac, Rosa B., Sue Donaldson, David Olivier, Thomas Lepeltier, Yves Bonnardel, François Jaquet, Lyla M., Victor Duran Le-Peuch, and Christiane Bailey.
Additional contributors
Martin Gibert, Élise Desaulniers, Valéry Giroux, Florence Dellerie (illustrations), Alexia Renard, and Mélanie M. Marbach (graphic design and illustrations).
This third issue will be published by Éditions Éliott on May 21, 2026, in France, and will be released in July 2026 in Québec.
It will be available through bookstores across France at a retail price of €15.
