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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... increase in attacks on women. But the authors' most powerful deconstructive lens is applied to the 'reductionism' of contemporary science, a dogma that is deeply informed by old patriarchal motivations. Had the message of this book been ...
... increase in attacks on women. But the authors' most powerful deconstructive lens is applied to the 'reductionism' of contemporary science, a dogma that is deeply informed by old patriarchal motivations. Had the message of this book been ...
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... increased over the years. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reported 10,068 rape cases in 1990, which increased to 16,496 in 2000. With 24,206 cases in 2011, rape cases increased an incredible 873 per cent compared to 1971, when ...
... increased over the years. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reported 10,068 rape cases in 1990, which increased to 16,496 in 2000. With 24,206 cases in 2011, rape cases increased an incredible 873 per cent compared to 1971, when ...
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... increasing use of police to crush nonviolent citizen protests, as we have witnessed in Delhi; the torture of Soni Sori in Bastar; the arrest of Dayamani Barla in Jharkhand; the thousands of cases against the communities struggling ...
... increasing use of police to crush nonviolent citizen protests, as we have witnessed in Delhi; the torture of Soni Sori in Bastar; the arrest of Dayamani Barla in Jharkhand; the thousands of cases against the communities struggling ...
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... increasing climate catastrophe, species extinction, economic collapse, and human injustice and inequality. This is ... increase crop yields; it was supposed to reduce chemical use but has increased the use of pesticides and herbicides ...
... increasing climate catastrophe, species extinction, economic collapse, and human injustice and inequality. This is ... increase crop yields; it was supposed to reduce chemical use but has increased the use of pesticides and herbicides ...
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... increased use of herbicides and pesticides. Synthetic biology, as the third Green Revolution, will appropriate the biomass of the poor, even while selling 'artificial life'. There is an intense scramble for the Earth's resources and ...
... increased use of herbicides and pesticides. Synthetic biology, as the third Green Revolution, will appropriate the biomass of the poor, even while selling 'artificial life'. There is an intense scramble for the Earth's resources 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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