Description
Book SynopsisPursues the connections between feminism and environmentalism. This title includes topics: the ecofeminist ethic; the role of patriarchal concepts in perpetuating the domination of women and nature; the grassroots origins and character of a thoughtful ecofeminism; and the Oecofeminism-deep ecology debate in environmental philosophy.
Trade Review"... an important collection of essays for scholars interested in feminism, environmentalism, or both... This is a good resource for anyone who teaches ethics, feminism, or environmental issues." Teaching in Philosophy
Table of Contents1. Acknowledgments
2. Karen J. Warren—Ecological Feminist Philosophies: An Overview of the Issues
3. Stephanie Lahar—Ecofeminist Theory and Grassroots Politics
4. Karen J. Warren—The Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism
5. Christine Cuomo—Toward Thoughtful Ecofeminist Activism
6. Catherine Roach—Loving Your Mother: On The Woman-Nature Relationship
7. Deane Curtin—Toward An Ecological Ethic of Care
8. Roger J. H. King—Caring About Nature: Feminist Ethics and the Environment
9. Deborah Slicer—Your Daughter or Your Dog?
10. Carol J. Adams—Ecofeminism and the Eating of Animals
11. Robert Sessions—Deep Ecology versus Ecofeminism: Healthy Differences or Incompatible Philosophies?
12. Val Plumwood—Nature, Self, and Gender: Feminism, Environmental Philosophy, and the critique of Rationalism
13. Victoria Davion—When Lives Become Logic Problems: Nuclear Deterrence, an Ecological Feminist Critique
14. Carol Cantrell—Women and Language in Susan Griffin's Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her
15. Patricia Jagentowicz Mills—Feminism and Ecology: On the Domination of Nature
16. Patrick Murphy—Ground, Pivot, Motion: Ecofeminist Theory, Dialogics, and Literary Practice
17. Karen J. Warren and Jim Cheney—Ecological Feminism and Ecosystem Ecology
Contributors
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