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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... Indian Women and Patriarchy: Conflicts and Dilemmas of Students and Working Women, focused on the role conflicts of women in India, where she also investigated the capitalist exploitation of lacemaker housewives. At home she joined the ...
... Indian Women and Patriarchy: Conflicts and Dilemmas of Students and Working Women, focused on the role conflicts of women in India, where she also investigated the capitalist exploitation of lacemaker housewives. At home she joined the ...
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... India's so-called Green Revolution, and its ultimate devastation of food crops, soils and farmers' lives. Ecofeminism, co-authored with Mies, appeared in 1993. Others include Biopiracy, a co-edited reader on biotech in 1995; Water Wars ...
... India's so-called Green Revolution, and its ultimate devastation of food crops, soils and farmers' lives. Ecofeminism, co-authored with Mies, appeared in 1993. Others include Biopiracy, a co-edited reader on biotech in 1995; Water Wars ...
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... India Agriculture Agreement, designed to put India's food and agriculture in the hands of Monsanto, Cargill and Walmart, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the US–Europe Partnership, are being pushed undemocratically to expand corporate ...
... India Agriculture Agreement, designed to put India's food and agriculture in the hands of Monsanto, Cargill and Walmart, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the US–Europe Partnership, are being pushed undemocratically to expand corporate ...
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... India, accounting for 25 per cent of cases. The movement to stop this violence must be sustained until justice is done for every one of our daughters and sisters who has been violated. And while we intensify our struggle for justice for ...
... India, accounting for 25 per cent of cases. The movement to stop this violence must be sustained until justice is done for every one of our daughters and sisters who has been violated. And while we intensify our struggle for justice for ...
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... Indian government pushing through 'reforms' to bring in Walmart through FDI in retail. Corporate-driven reforms create a convergence of economic and political power, a deepening of inequalities, and a growing separation of the political ...
... Indian government pushing through 'reforms' to bring in Walmart through FDI in retail. Corporate-driven reforms create a convergence of economic and political power, a deepening of inequalities, and a growing separation of the political ...
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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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