Almerindo Janela Afonso
Partiendo de abordar brevemente la cuestión de la sostenibilidad y el desarrollo sostenible, el texto busca problematizar tres expresiones fundamentales que bloquean o impiden avances significativos en una agenda ecológica progresista, y que se despliegan en la forma plural de insostenibilidades: insostenibilidad social (traducida bajo la forma de desigualdades); insostenibilidad ambiental (traducida en forma de ecocidios) e insostenibilidad política (traducida en forma de ecofascismo y postpolítica). Valorando una lectura esencialmente sociológica, el autor busca contribuir a la discusión de algunas contradicciones y tensiones en el campo ecológico. Siguiendo a U. Beck, cree en las luchas sociales, políticas y culturales que defienden el catastrofismo emancipador.
Starting by briefly addressing the issue of sustainability and sustainable development, the text seeks to problematize three fundamental expressions that block or prevent more significant advances in a more progressive ecological agenda, and which unfold here under the plural forms of unsustainability: unsustainability social (translated under the force of inequalities); environmental unsustainability (translated in the form of ecocides) and political unsustainability (translated in the form of ecofascism and postpolitics). Assuming an essentially sociological perspective, the author seeks to contribute to the discussion of some contradictions and tensions in the ecological field. Following U. Beck's lead, we believe in social, political and cultural struggles that defend emancipatory catastrophism.