Val Plumwood

Feminism and the Mastery of Nature

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781138128941
• ISBN-10: 1138128945
• Artikelnr.: 44116890

Autorenporträt

Val Plumwood teaches in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 Feminism and ecofeminism
Chapter 2 Dualism: the logic of colonisation
Chapter 3 Plato and the philosophy of death
Chapter 4 Descartes and the dream of power
Chapter 5 Mechanism and mind/nature dualism
Chapter 6 Ethics and the instrumentalising self
Chapter 7 Deep ecology and the denial of difference
Conclusion: Changing the Master Story
Notes