Eco-Phenomenology and Eco-Marxism

The distinct and rich traditions of (eco-)phenomenology, (eco-)Marxism, eco-ethics, and Husserlian and Marxist scholarship inform this study’s effort to articulate a synthetic theoretical foundation for a “biocentric ecosocialism” model, primarily based upon Husserlian and eco-Marxist consid­erations. A Husserlian view might interpret the Marxist project as a phenome­nology of phenomena such as alienation, reification, exploitation, and the logic of capital. Systematically reinterpreting Marxism, particularly eco-Marxism, through a Husserlian phenomenological lens could strengthen its foundation, ultimately yielding a perspective that might be termed “biocentric ecoso­cialism.” This perspective suggests that a proper phenomenological analysis of the phenomenon of life entails normative and ethical imperatives, rejecting the exclusively instrumental treatment of living beings and the non-human natural environment. I aim to demonstrate the legitimacy of these claims from an essentially phenomenological viewpoint.