EcofeminismBloomsbury Publishing, 2014 M03 13 - 360 páginas This groundbreaking work remains as relevant today as when it was when first published. Two of Zed's best-known authors argue that ecological destruction and industrial catastrophes constitute a direct threat to everyday life, the maintenance of which has been made the particular responsibility of women. In both industrialized societies and the developing countries, the new wars the world is experiencing, violent ethnic chauvinisms and the malfunctioning of the economy also pose urgent questions for ecofeminists. Is there a relationship between patriarchal oppression and the destruction of nature in the name of profit and progress? How can women counter the violence inherent in these processes? Should they look to a link between the women's movement and other social movements? Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva offer a thought-provoking analysis of these and many other issues from a unique North-South perspective. They critique prevailing economic theories, conventional concepts of women's emancipation, the myth of 'catching up' development, the philosophical foundations of modern science and technology, and the omission of ethics when discussing so many questions, including advances in reproductive technology and biotechnology. In constructing their own ecofeminist epistemology and methodology, these two internationally respected feminist environmental activists look to the potential of movements advocating consumer liberation and subsistence production, sustainability and regeneration, and they argue for an acceptance of limits and reciprocity and a rejection of exploitation, the endless commoditization of needs, and violence. |
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... Germany understood immediately that nuclear power plants were not constructed primarily to produce energy for peaceful purposes but clearly to fight the Great Enemy in the East, the Soviet Union, whose realm began behind the Berlin Wall ...
... Germany understood immediately that nuclear power plants were not constructed primarily to produce energy for peaceful purposes but clearly to fight the Great Enemy in the East, the Soviet Union, whose realm began behind the Berlin Wall ...
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... Germany. We joined hands with our American sisters to encircle the Pentagon with a chain of women. After this Pentagon Action a new global network was created: Women and Life On Earth. WLOE still exists today. But the 'fathers of ...
... Germany. We joined hands with our American sisters to encircle the Pentagon with a chain of women. After this Pentagon Action a new global network was created: Women and Life On Earth. WLOE still exists today. But the 'fathers of ...
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... Germany, a so-called civilized country. But the most important lesson was: you cannot understand an unbearable social situation unless you try to change it. We did not use the usual methodological tools to 'study' the issue of domestic ...
... Germany, a so-called civilized country. But the most important lesson was: you cannot understand an unbearable social situation unless you try to change it. We did not use the usual methodological tools to 'study' the issue of domestic ...
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... Germany, France, the Netherlands and others, appeared on the new war scene as the great liberators of women! Whenever and wherever have wars been fought to 'emancipate' the women of the enemy? Everybody knows that the women of the enemy ...
... Germany, France, the Netherlands and others, appeared on the new war scene as the great liberators of women! Whenever and wherever have wars been fought to 'emancipate' the women of the enemy? Everybody knows that the women of the enemy ...
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... Germany and the other richer countries. What makes today's crisis different from earlier ones is the exhaustion of the resources which could earlier be used for the recovery of the economy. Oil, gas and raw materials such as coal, iron ...
... Germany and the other richer countries. What makes today's crisis different from earlier ones is the exhaustion of the resources which could earlier be used for the recovery of the economy. Oil, gas and raw materials such as coal, iron ...
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Part 2 Subsistence v Development | 55 |
Part 3 The Search for Roots | 98 |
Part 4 Ecofeminism v New Areas of Investment through Biotechnology | 164 |
Part 5 Freedom for Trade or Freedom for Survival? | 218 |
Freedom v Liberalization | 251 |
Part 7 Conclusion | 297 |
Index | 325 |
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