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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... material' resourcing of women and of nature are structurally interconnected in the capitalist patriarchal system. Ecofeminists may draw on other strands of feminism at times, but liberal and postmodern approaches are generally unhelpful ...
... material' resourcing of women and of nature are structurally interconnected in the capitalist patriarchal system. Ecofeminists may draw on other strands of feminism at times, but liberal and postmodern approaches are generally unhelpful ...
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... materials such as coal, iron and other metals have become scarce. But what is more dangerous is the exhaustion, poisoning or destruction of the vital elements on which all life on Earth depends: water, soil, air, forests and, last but ...
... materials such as coal, iron and other metals have become scarce. But what is more dangerous is the exhaustion, poisoning or destruction of the vital elements on which all life on Earth depends: water, soil, air, forests and, last but ...
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... material level as those who benefited from this process is impossible. Within a limited planet, there can be no escape from necessity. To find freedom does not involve subjugating or transcending the 'realm of necessity', but rather ...
... material level as those who benefited from this process is impossible. Within a limited planet, there can be no escape from necessity. To find freedom does not involve subjugating or transcending the 'realm of necessity', but rather ...
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... material or economic development and on emulation of the West's model of the industrial society has failed to appreciate that in most non-European societies culture plays a significant role. Moreover, they assert that the dualistic ...
... material or economic development and on emulation of the West's model of the industrial society has failed to appreciate that in most non-European societies culture plays a significant role. Moreover, they assert that the dualistic ...
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... material goods' production, denied or denigrated this dimension. Feminists also began to realize the significance of the 'witch hunts' at the beginning of our modern era in so far as patriachal science and technology was developed only ...
... material goods' production, denied or denigrated this dimension. Feminists also began to realize the significance of the 'witch hunts' at the beginning of our modern era in so far as patriachal science and technology was developed only ...
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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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