POTENTIALS OF THE SOCIETY OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND NATURE PROJECT

Abstract

This work sought to highlight two theoretical-political and cultural constructions, Human Rights and the Rights of Nature, in the face of the challenges and contradictions of modernity based on anthropocentrism and an instrumental economic rationality. Considering them as projects of society, the objective was to rescue their characterizing elements, their tensions and their emancipatory potential in the face of social, cultural and socio-environmental contradictions arising from the hegemonic development model. The authors' hypothesis is that these two projects can be worked on in an integrated manner, seeking to aggregate and articulate their emancipatory potential, in view of a society based on the interrelationship between human rights and the rights of nature. The methodology used was bibliographical research, linked to the empirical observation of the dialectical process of social praxis around human rights and the rights of nature. In view of the analyzes and reflections developed, we concluded that our hypothesis was confirmed, with the affirmation of the Human Rights and Nature project, with its guiding potential in the face of the contemporary challenges of realizing human rights and nature.