anti-industrialism
Against mass production
Anti-industrialism opposes industrial society and its consequences—mass production, mechanization, environmental degradation, and the displacement of traditional ways of life.
The stance ranges from romantic longing for agrarian simplicity to radical rejection of modern technology.
Her anti-industrialism led her to live off-grid.
Related movements include primitivism, Luddism, and back-to-the-land philosophy.
Idealization of pre-modern life
- LuddismOpposition to new technology
- agrarianismDoctrine valuing farm life
- pastoralismMobile livestock husbandry
- romanticismEmotional, imaginative worldview
transcendentalism · bioregionalism · decentralism · localism · Gandhian · Thoreau · Rousseau · back-to-the-land
Environmental harm from waste
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- factory farmingIntensive livestock production system
- carbon emissionsReleased greenhouse gases
- climate changePlanetary atmospheric transformation
habitat loss · toxic waste · smog · contamination · resource depletion · biodiversity loss · strip mining · oil spills
Selfish use of others
- sweatshopsExploitative manufacturing facilities
- alienationState of being isolated
- dehumanizationDenying personhood to others
- wage slaveryCompulsory labor for survival
mechanization · assembly line · deskilling · automation · craftsman · artisan · handmade · guild
Large-scale standardized fabrication
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- homogenizationMaking things the same
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
tradition · folk culture · craftsmanship · slow movement · artisanal · handcrafted · small-scale · community
primitivism
Idealization of pre-modern life
- LuddismOpposition to new technology
- agrarianismDoctrine valuing farm life
- pastoralismMobile livestock husbandry
romanticism · transcendentalism · bioregionalism · decentralism · localism · Gandhian · Thoreau · Rousseau · back-to-the-land · simple living
pollution
Environmental harm from waste
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- factory farmingIntensive livestock production system
- carbon emissionsReleased greenhouse gases
climate change · habitat loss · toxic waste · smog · contamination · resource depletion · biodiversity loss · strip mining · oil spills · overconsumption
exploitation
Selfish use of others
- sweatshopsExploitative manufacturing facilities
- alienationState of being isolated
- dehumanizationDenying personhood to others
wage slavery · mechanization · assembly line · deskilling · automation · craftsman · artisan · handmade · guild · unionization
mass production
Large-scale standardized fabrication
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- homogenizationMaking things the same
authenticity · tradition · folk culture · craftsmanship · slow movement · artisanal · handcrafted · small-scale · community · self-sufficiency
anti-industrialismindustrialism
Factory-based economic system
industrialization · industrial capitalism · factory system · industrial society · industrial development
anti-industrialismtechno-utopianism
Faith that innovation solves all
technophilia · futurism · transhumanism · accelerationism · modernism
industry, industrial, industrialist, industrialization, industrialize, industrialism