ABSTRACT

‘Solidarity’ is a key concept in political movements and usually bears on matters of labour, health and social justice. As such, it is essential in the reproduction and transformation of communities that support their members and protect their interests. It is sometimes overlooked that interspecies solidarity already pertains with a number of domesticated animals, and that people are willing to carry substantial emotional, financial and social burdens to benefit them. There has been even more reluctance to acknowledge wild animals as fellow members of our political communities with whom we might stand in solidarity. The purpose of this paper is to propose that solidaristic relations with certain wild animals are not only possible, but also already exist in some contexts. It explores three different understandings of solidarity, and in probing to what extent they can be applied to wild animals, it identifies some important different roles they can play in ‘animal politics’, and shows how they can help us reconceive our communities in less anthropocentric terms.

摘要

“团结”是政治运动中的一个关键概念，通常涉及劳工、健康和社会正义问题。因此，它对于支持其成员并保护其利益的社区的再生产和转型至关重要。人们有时会忽视种间团结已经与许多家养动物有关，人们愿意承担大量的情感、经济和社会负担来造福他们。人们甚至更不愿意承认野生动物是我们可能与之团结一致的政治共同体的成员。本文的目的是提出与某些野生动物的团结关系不仅是可能的，而且在某些情况下已经存在。它探讨了对团结的三种不同理解，