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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... many such attitudes are historically imposed upon women. Socialist feminists examine the unique form of women's economic exploitation as unpaid domestic labour in the global market. Liberal feminists simply seek x Ecofeminism.
... many such attitudes are historically imposed upon women. Socialist feminists examine the unique form of women's economic exploitation as unpaid domestic labour in the global market. Liberal feminists simply seek x Ecofeminism.
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... economies: subsistence. In the twenty years since Ecofeminism was first published, every key socio-economic and cultural–psychological problem discussed is still current – and many situations have even worsened under the stranglehold of ...
... economies: subsistence. In the twenty years since Ecofeminism was first published, every key socio-economic and cultural–psychological problem discussed is still current – and many situations have even worsened under the stranglehold of ...
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... economic policies were introduced. Could there be a connection between the growth of violent, undemocratically imposed, unjust and unfair economic policies and the intensification in brutality of crimes against women? I believe there is ...
... economic policies were introduced. Could there be a connection between the growth of violent, undemocratically imposed, unjust and unfair economic policies and the intensification in brutality of crimes against women? I believe there is ...
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... economy and society. According to patriarchal economic models, production for sustenance is counted as 'non-production'. The transformation of value into disvalue, labour into non-labour and knowledge into non-knowledge is achieved by ...
... economy and society. According to patriarchal economic models, production for sustenance is counted as 'non-production'. The transformation of value into disvalue, labour into non-labour and knowledge into non-knowledge is achieved by ...
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... economic reforms on women organized by the National Commission on Women and the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology. Third, economic reforms lead to the subversion of democracy and privatization of government ...
... economic reforms on women organized by the National Commission on Women and the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology. Third, economic reforms lead to the subversion of democracy and privatization of government ...
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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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