Resourceism

"Resourceism" in a Sentence (3 examples)

David Suzuki would remind you that this is the language of "a planet for the taking," the terminology of "resourceism" in which all living things are viewed as raw materials for the service of mankind

Similarly, to describe someone as "greedy as a pig" or "a snake in the grass" is an animal insult, or "speciesism"; "natural resources" betray a sign of "resourceism," […]

One of the difficulties facing efforts to constitute a radicalized articulation of ecology remains that nature has been more firmly affixed to hegemonic discourses, e.g. consumerism or "resourceism" than to liberatory discourses.

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