Ecofeminism
Publication details: London Zed Books 2014Description: xxx, 328 pagesISBN: 9781780325637 Subject(s): Ecofeminism | Human ecology | Economic developmentDDC classification: 305.4201 MIR-E LOC classification: HQ1233 | .M53 2014Summary: Should women see a relationship between patriarchal oppression and the destruction of Nature in the name of profit and progress? How can they counter the violence inherent in these processes? Should they look to a link between the women's movement and other social movements? The authors offer an analysis of such 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. In constructing their own ecofeminist epistemology and methodology, they look at movements advocating consumer liberation, subsistence production and sustainability , and argue for an acceptance of limits and reciprocity and the endless commoditification of needs.-- From publisher's description.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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305.4201 LEW-F Feminist Postcolonial Theory: A Reader | 305.4201 LIT-F Feminist perspectives on sociology | 305.4201 MAL-F Feminist Theory in Practice and Process | 305.4201 MIR-E Ecofeminism | 305.4201 STR-C CEDAW : convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. | 305.4201 SUD-V Voices and Values : The Politics of Feminist Evaluation | 305.4209 FRE-F Feminism |
Should women see a relationship between patriarchal oppression and the destruction of Nature in the name of profit and progress? How can they counter the violence inherent in these processes? Should they look to a link between the women's movement and other social movements? The authors offer an analysis of such 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. In constructing their own ecofeminist epistemology and methodology, they look at movements advocating consumer liberation, subsistence production and sustainability , and argue for an acceptance of limits and reciprocity and the endless commoditification of needs.-- From publisher's description.