| Feminism and the Mastery of Nature Contributor(s): Plumwood, Val (Author) |
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ISBN: 041506810X ISBN-13: 9780415068109 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $61.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1993 Annotation: This book draws on the feminist critique of reason to argue that the master form of rationality of western culture has been systematically unable to acknowledge dependency on nature, the sphere of those it has defined as 'inferior' others. Because its knowledge of the world is systematically distorted by the elite domination which has shaped it, the master rationality has developed 'blind spots' which may threaten our survival. The future depends increasingly on our ability to create a truly democratic and ecological culture beyond dualism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory |
| Dewey: 305.420 |
| LCCN: 93-15995 |
| Lexile Measure: 1550 |
| Series: Opening Out: Feminism for Today |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.98" W x 9.07" (0.82 lbs) 250 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Two of the most important political movements of the late twentieth century are those of environmentalism and feminism. In this book, Val Plumwood argues that feminist theory has an important opportunity to make a major contribution to the debates in political ecology and environmental philosophy. Feminism and the Mastery of Nature explains the relation between ecofeminism, or ecological feminism, and other feminist theories including radical green theories such as deep ecology. Val Plumwood provides a philosophically informed account of the relation of women and nature, and shows how relating male domination to the domination of nature is important and yet remains a dilemma for women. |