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Ecofeminism: Critique, Influence, Change

Vandana Shiva is a leading philosopher, physicist and ecofeminist activist, prominent in placing life at the center of economic, political and social organization, and whose work has addressed issues ranging from food sovereignty to care, justice and sustainability. Maria Mies is a renowned German sociologist, whose contribution within ecofeminism has excelled in the exploration of…

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The End of Man: A Feminist Counterapocalypse

Joanna Zylinska contests the apocalyptic views associated with the Anthropocene. The End of Man rethinks the prophecy of the end of humans, questions the rise of populism around the world, and offers an ethical vision of a “feminist counter-apocalypse” that challenges many of the masculinist and techno-optimist solutions to the socio-ecological crisis. The book is…

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From Feminism to Ecology

Ariel Salleh is a sociologist and political scientist whose work focuses on issues of ecology and feminism. Linked to the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism, her extensive work is an enriching display of the active dialogue between ecofeminism and Marxist ecosocialism. With a particular critical emphasis on ecological politics, regarding the relationship between humanity and nature,…

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The Scientific Revolution and ‘The Death of Nature’

Carolyn Merchant is a philosopher and historian of environment and science. Her book The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution is one of the most influential works of radical ecological thought, a pioneering work of ecofeminism. In it, Merchant exposes how the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century, which accompanied the emergence…

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