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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... lead to so much disorganization and stress that some communities report an 800 per cent increase in attacks on women. But the authors' most powerful deconstructive lens is applied to the 'reductionism' of contemporary science, a dogma ...
... lead to so much disorganization and stress that some communities report an 800 per cent increase in attacks on women. But the authors' most powerful deconstructive lens is applied to the 'reductionism' of contemporary science, a dogma ...
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... lead to the subversion of democracy and privatization of government. Economic systems influence political systems; governments talk of economic reforms as if they have nothing to do with politics and power. They talk of keeping politics ...
... lead to the subversion of democracy and privatization of government. Economic systems influence political systems; governments talk of economic reforms as if they have nothing to do with politics and power. They talk of keeping politics ...
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... lead only to standardization and to homogemzation by eliminating diversity and qualitative differences. An ecofeminist perspective propounds the need for a new cosmology and a new anthropology which recognizes that life in nature (which ...
... lead only to standardization and to homogemzation by eliminating diversity and qualitative differences. An ecofeminist perspective propounds the need for a new cosmology and a new anthropology which recognizes that life in nature (which ...
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... lead to false strategies, mainly vis-a-vis the issue of equality, that is, of helping the oppressed and exploited to emerge from their parlous situation. So far the only remedy has been the strategy of 'catching-up development', at both ...
... lead to false strategies, mainly vis-a-vis the issue of equality, that is, of helping the oppressed and exploited to emerge from their parlous situation. So far the only remedy has been the strategy of 'catching-up development', at both ...
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... lead to world peace and justice. In the name of common or global goals, which de facto acknowledge the fact that we all are dependent on the same planet, they nevertheless claim the right to exploit local ecology, communities, cultures ...
... lead to world peace and justice. In the name of common or global goals, which de facto acknowledge the fact that we all are dependent on the same planet, they nevertheless claim the right to exploit local ecology, communities, cultures ...
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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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