Critical Environmental Education and the paradigmatic transition of environment law in disobjectificating animals

Abstract

Animal Rights is a zone of silence within the research on Environmental Education, which still superficially considers the subjugation of animals. Looking for elements that support the understanding of the real and possible impacts of the alteration of the legal status of the animals for their protection, we aim to debate the new paradigmatic possibility that establishes, from the animalistic theories, with the contributions brought by Critical Environmental Education and with the ethical challenges coming from accepting animals as subjects of law and limiting the Critical Environmental Education itself. We chose as a methodological approach the documentary and bibliographic research. Based on the arguments of sentience and solidarity, we conclude that Critical Environmental Education is consistent with the disobjection of animals, given their counter-hegemonic character.