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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... Cultural Hybridity Multicultural Identities and the Politics of Anti-Racism edited by Pnina Werbner and Tariq Modood ... Cultures by Gustavo Esteva and Madhu Suri Prakash Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale Women in the ...
... Cultural Hybridity Multicultural Identities and the Politics of Anti-Racism edited by Pnina Werbner and Tariq Modood ... Cultures by Gustavo Esteva and Madhu Suri Prakash Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale Women in the ...
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... cultural/ spiritual feminists celebrate the liberatory potential of 'feminine values', even as they acknowledge that many such attitudes are historically imposed upon women. Socialist feminists examine the unique form of women's ...
... cultural/ spiritual feminists celebrate the liberatory potential of 'feminine values', even as they acknowledge that many such attitudes are historically imposed upon women. Socialist feminists examine the unique form of women's ...
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... cultures. Mies and Shiva paint a sharp contrast between the social decay of passive consumerism and the social ... cultural–psychological problem discussed is still current – and many situations have even worsened under the stranglehold ...
... cultures. Mies and Shiva paint a sharp contrast between the social decay of passive consumerism and the social ... cultural–psychological problem discussed is still current – and many situations have even worsened under the stranglehold ...
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... women is as old as patriarchy. Traditional patriarchy has structured our world-views and mindsets, our social and cultural worlds on the basis of domination over women, and Preface to the critique influence change edition.
... women is as old as patriarchy. Traditional patriarchy has structured our world-views and mindsets, our social and cultural worlds on the basis of domination over women, and Preface to the critique influence change edition.
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Vandana Shiva, Maria Mies. cultural worlds on the basis of domination over women, and the denial of their full humanity ... cultures and social organizations. I stand empowered today because people before me fought against the exclusions ...
Vandana Shiva, Maria Mies. cultural worlds on the basis of domination over women, and the denial of their full humanity ... cultures and social organizations. I stand empowered today because people before me fought against the exclusions ...
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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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