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Ecofeminism Fundamentals
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This term describes the belief that environmental degradation and the subordination of women are interconnected.
Ecofeminism
She is a philosopher and activist known for her ecofeminist work 'Staying Alive: Women, Ecology, and Development.'
Vandana Shiva
This term is used to describe a society where gender is not the primary factor in determining a person's role or identity.
Post-Gender World
This concept in ecofeminism sees the domination of women and nature as originating from the same patriarchal structure in society.
Patriarchal Dualism
A framework suggesting that the social categories of women and nature are constructed symbolically within a culture, often through language, art, and mythology.
Cultural Ecofeminism
Coined by Françoise d'Eaubonne, it refers to the politicized connection between feminism and environmental activism.
Feminist Environmentalism
A concept where local, often indigenous, knowledge systems are privileged over global, scientific hegemonic systems.
Ecofeminist Epistemology
This paradigm in ecofeminism critiques the western scientific method for being reductionist and disconnected from lived experience and context.
Ecofeminist Science Critique
A term used to describe initiatives or movements that aim for socioeconomic changes by integrating ecological considerations with feminist perspectives.
Ecofeminist Praxis
This approach in ecofeminism emphasizes the importance of spirituality in understanding and solving ecological issues.
Spiritual Ecofeminism
This theory argues that the constructed nature-culture divide underpins the dualistic thinking that contributes to both the oppression of women and of nature.
Nature/Culture Divide
A key ecofeminist who wrote 'Gyn/ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism'.
Mary Daly
The work where philosopher Val Plumwood critiques rationalist traditions, highlighting their impact on women and nature.
Feminism and the Mastery of Nature
This term refers to the concept within ecofeminism that links the exploitation of women and the environment to capitalist economic practices.
Ecofeminist Critique of Capitalism
This concept posits that nature should be respected and valued for its own sake, rather than its utility to human needs.
Intrinsic Value of Nature
This approach in ecofeminism focuses on the parallel oppressions of women and nature through socio-political lenses.
Social Ecofeminism
This principle involves holistic and interconnected understandings of the world, contrasting compartmentalized, reductionist views.
Ecofeminist Holism
The concept that underlies the need for ethical consideration of both women's and environmental rights, suggesting a symbiotic relationship between the two.
Ethical Intersectionality
A key concept in ecofeminist ethics that emphasizes sharing, caring, nurturing, and emotional relationships as fundamental to both human flourishing and the health of ecosystems.
Ethics of Care
This posits that language shapes and constrains human perception of and interactions with nature, thereby reflecting and perpetuating societal power dynamics and environmental exploitation.
Ecofeminist Linguistics
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