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Tackling material dependency in sustainability transition: rationales and insights from the agriculture sector

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Human material dependency is hardly questioned as such. However, there are different understandings of humans' connection with their biophysical milieu. In this paper we discuss four basic accounts, which differ according to whether dependency and agency are assumed to be strong or weak. Though these accounts, which we label as Cartesian, Kantian, Spinozian and Adornian, are ideal-typical, we argue they express a cognitive path dependency that can be detected in the diverse ways the transition to sustainability is pursued. To show the heuristic value of the typology we focus on agriculture, as a field of major relevance in this regard. The first three rationales, respectively underpinning industrial agriculture, ecosystem services and earth restoration programs, see material dependency as a problem to which the reply is mastering the world, though such mastery is understood differently. The fourth one, which underpins peasant agroecology, sees dependency as a constitutive-that is, unavoidable and formative-limitation, pointing to a caring, friendly attitude. We argue this outlook is crucial to a sustainability transition, and give a clue to the governance approach that may help support it.

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Sociologie
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hal-03511854 , version 1 (05-01-2022)

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Luigi Pellizzoni, Laura Centemeri. Tackling material dependency in sustainability transition: rationales and insights from the agriculture sector. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, In press, ⟨10.1080/1523908x.2021.2022467⟩. ⟨hal-03511854⟩
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