Feminism and Ecology - Rilegato

Mellor, Mary

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ISBN 10: 0745614175 ISBN 13: 9780745614175

Casa editrice: Polity Press, 1997

Riassunto

The relationship between feminism and ecology has grown in importance in recent years. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the ecofeminist movement and its history, as well as an extended analysis of the main perspectives within it. Mellor examines the connections between feminism and the green movement, and outlines the contributions of the major participants, while contextualizing them within a wider range of debates. She re--examines classic feminist texts from an ecofeminist perspective, and explores the relationship between ecofeminism and other ecological movements, such as a deepa ecology, social ecology and ecosocialism. Mellor discusses the association of women with biology and a naturea , and argues that the relationship between women and the environment can help us to understand the relationship between humanity and the natural world. Against the trends towards radical economic liberalism, global capitalism and postmodernist pluralism, she argues that there is within the feminist and green movements the basis of a new radical movement which draws on the principles of both. A useful and engaging account of feminist perspectives on ecology, the book will be welcomed by students and researchers in feminism and gender studies, sociology and political theory.

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Recensione:

"Mary Mellor is extraordinarily good at sorting out, with sympathyand humour, the various arguments put forward by feminist, radicaland green theorists and activists. She has written a timely andexciting book which leads one to share her optimism about criticalsocial analysis and the politics of new social movements – and thepotential for social change." Diana Leonard, Institute ofEducation, University of London

"To offer a coherent, readable and critically engaged survey ofa large body of polemical and academic work is a considerableachievement, and Feminism and Ecology will be anindispensable resource for anyone thinking about, or teaching, therelations between ecological politics, feminist theory andphilosophy, and the "new social movements" ... [and]thought–provoking to anyone concerned with green social theory ...[a] valuable book." Times Literary Supplement

"This book is a timely contribution to an emergent literature."Political Studies

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• Editore: Polity Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0745614175
• ISBN 13: 9780745614175
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 232