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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... New Humanist 'Ecofeminism presents a very focused, searing indictment of development strategies practised by the North on the South.' Anne Statham, Feminist Collections ABOUT THE AUTHORS Maria Mies is a Marxist feminist scholar.
... New Humanist 'Ecofeminism presents a very focused, searing indictment of development strategies practised by the North on the South.' Anne Statham, Feminist Collections ABOUT THE AUTHORS Maria Mies is a Marxist feminist scholar.
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... South, is the natural outcome of a production boundary constructed by capitalist patriarchy. By restricting itself to the values of the market economy, as defined by capitalist patriarchy, the production boundary ignores economic value ...
... South, is the natural outcome of a production boundary constructed by capitalist patriarchy. By restricting itself to the values of the market economy, as defined by capitalist patriarchy, the production boundary ignores economic value ...
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... South. Greece, Spain, Italy and Cyprus are so indebted to mighty banks like the Deutsche Bank that they have virtually become beggars, dependent on loans from Germany and the other richer countries. What makes today's crisis different ...
... South. Greece, Spain, Italy and Cyprus are so indebted to mighty banks like the Deutsche Bank that they have virtually become beggars, dependent on loans from Germany and the other richer countries. What makes today's crisis different ...
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... South — India; the other in the North — Germany: divided yet also united by the world market system, that affords privileges to peoples in the North at the expense of those in the South, and, too, by history, language and culture. Our ...
... South — India; the other in the North — Germany: divided yet also united by the world market system, that affords privileges to peoples in the North at the expense of those in the South, and, too, by history, language and culture. Our ...
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... South, men to dominate women, and the frenetic plunder of ever more resources for ever more unequally distributed economic gain to dominate nature. Probably we arrived at these common concerns because our experiences and insights, and ...
... South, men to dominate women, and the frenetic plunder of ever more resources for ever more unequally distributed economic gain to dominate nature. Probably we arrived at these common concerns because our experiences and insights, and ...
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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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