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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... woman is no longer necessary to create new human life. We understood the far-reaching consequences of these inventions. At that time ecofeminists from all over the world started an international campaign against these new technologies ...
... woman is no longer necessary to create new human life. We understood the far-reaching consequences of these inventions. At that time ecofeminists from all over the world started an international campaign against these new technologies ...
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... woman's point of view. What could be an alternative? What would a new paradigm, a new vision be? We called this new vision the 'subsistence perspective'. Even today I do not know how better to conceptualize what a new world could be ...
... woman's point of view. What could be an alternative? What would a new paradigm, a new vision be? We called this new vision the 'subsistence perspective'. Even today I do not know how better to conceptualize what a new world could be ...
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... woman to man; consumption to production; and the local to the global, and so on. Feminists have long criticized this dichotomy, particularly the structural division of man and nature, which is seen as analogous to that of man and woman ...
... woman to man; consumption to production; and the local to the global, and so on. Feminists have long criticized this dichotomy, particularly the structural division of man and nature, which is seen as analogous to that of man and woman ...
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... , religion, custom, food habits, man-woman relations are always considered as particular, and beyond criticism. Taken to extremes the emphasis on 'difference' could lead to losing sight of all commonalities, Introduction 11.
... , religion, custom, food habits, man-woman relations are always considered as particular, and beyond criticism. Taken to extremes the emphasis on 'difference' could lead to losing sight of all commonalities, Introduction 11.
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... woman-identified movement and we believe we have a special work to do in these imperilled times. We see the devastation of the earth and her beings by the corporate warriors, and the threat of nuclear annihilation by the military ...
... woman-identified movement and we believe we have a special work to do in these imperilled times. We see the devastation of the earth and her beings by the corporate warriors, and the threat of nuclear annihilation by the military ...
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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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