Ecofeminism

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

Front cover; critique influence change; About the authors; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface to the critique influence change edition; 1 Introduction: Why We Wrote This Book Together; Why is it so difficult to see this common ground?; Freedom versus emancipation; False strategies; The global versus the local; The breakdown of universalist (Western) ideologies and the emergence of cultural relativism; Ecofeminism; 'Spiritual' or 'political' ecofeminism?; Notes; Part 1 Critique and Perspective; 2 Reductionism and Regeneration: A Crisis in Science; Knowledge and ignorance