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In this article, I consider the point that grief is politically potent because it seeks connections through a recognition of shared embodied precariousness and suffering. Bereavement, as is well-documented, can be transformative; it can bring about personal growth, but it can also create bonds with others in a similar situation, rallying communities into political action through shared grief or injustice. In a world where some lives are considered more grievable than others, as Judith Butler argues, what is far less explored is the way personal loss can unfold and expand into a politics of radical mourning for lives culturally choreographed as ‘ungrievable’. To untangle this grief experience, I draw on autobiographical material and scholarly concepts from bereavement studies and critical animal studies. I argue that the experience of witnessing human suffering and dying can sensitise the bereaved to ontological commonalities across the so-called species divide, triggering ‘anti-anthropocentric’ mourning that compels the mourner to embody the world anew and take action against injustice.

Heart cracked open: from personal loss to radical mourning