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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... relationship to real women and real nature is. Therefore the 'real' violence against real women and minorities, such as migrants of racialized backgrounds, has increased and is more brutal than before. Yet more people consider male ...
... relationship to real women and real nature is. Therefore the 'real' violence against real women and minorities, such as migrants of racialized backgrounds, has increased and is more brutal than before. Yet more people consider male ...
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... relationship of exploitative dominance between man and nature, (shaped by reductionist modern science since the 16th century) and the exploitative and oppressive relationship between men and women that prevails in most patriarchal ...
... relationship of exploitative dominance between man and nature, (shaped by reductionist modern science since the 16th century) and the exploitative and oppressive relationship between men and women that prevails in most patriarchal ...
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... relationship; for many women this was the first step towards their own liberation. 6 When, some years later, two of the movement's leading women were interviewed they clearly articulated their vision of an alternative society, based not ...
... relationship; for many women this was the first step towards their own liberation. 6 When, some years later, two of the movement's leading women were interviewed they clearly articulated their vision of an alternative society, based not ...
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... relationship that, at the surface, exists between the two divided and hierarchically ordered parts. Because this worldview sees the Other', the 'object', not just as different, but as the 'enemy'; as Sartre put it in Huis Clos: Hell is ...
... relationship that, at the surface, exists between the two divided and hierarchically ordered parts. Because this worldview sees the Other', the 'object', not just as different, but as the 'enemy'; as Sartre put it in Huis Clos: Hell is ...
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... relationship was responsible for the ecological destruction we now face. How, then, could women hope to reach both their own and nature's 'emancipation' by way of the same logic? 13 To'catch-up' with the men in their society, as many ...
... relationship was responsible for the ecological destruction we now face. How, then, could women hope to reach both their own and nature's 'emancipation' by way of the same logic? 13 To'catch-up' with the men in their society, as many ...
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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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