Ignasi Ribó

In 2012 Ignasi Ribó developed the political (or 'eco-political') theory of the habitat-nation, exposed in his book Habitat: The Ecopolitical Nation. According to this theory, in the political organisation of human communities there is an alternative to the dominant model of the nation-state in the form of what he calls the 'habitat-nation'. The habitat-nation is a political community based on four main elements: (1) inhabitants - the individuals of all species that compose it - , (2) habits - genetically and socially acquired dispositions of individuals or groups -, (3) forms of habitation - set of strategies, practices and institutions that allow individuals and groups to adapt to their particular environment -, and (4) habitat - a given natural environment. In his essay, Ignasi Ribó claims that the model of the habitat-nation could favour the development of a free, fair and cohesive society (what he calls the 'philial society'), based on the sustainability of cohabitation and on the eco-liberal principles of justice (liberty, fairness, care).

Ignasi Ribó (born 1971 in Barcelona) is a Catalan writer. He is Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Sussex and holds graduate degrees in Economics, Political Science and Literary Theory. He is the author of the eco-political theory of the habitat-nation, developed in his book "Habitat: The Ecopolitical Nation" (2012).