Denaturing Nature

Abstract

For Neyrat, in order for us to grasp this quasi-ungraspable part of nature, there must be something residing in nature that pits itself against nature, that is natural and anti-natural. In chapter 12, Neyrat seeks to sketch out what this something is in the form of the concept of anti-production. He will call this part of nature denatura naturans—that which from within nature is opposed to nature as a simple, finite object or product. Neyrat makes use of the work of Schelling in regard to the idea that nature is always in a transitional position. In this sense, nature is always lagging behind itself and because of this infinite movement, nothing would be considered as finite.