1st Edition

Feminism and Ecological Communities

By Christine Cuomo Copyright 1998
184 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

Feminism and Ecological Communities presents a bold and passionate rethinking of the ecofeminist movement. It is one of the first books to acknowledge the importance of postmodern feminist arguments against ecofeminism whilst persuasively preseenting a strong new case for econolocal feminism. Chris J.Cuomo first traces the emergence of ecofeminism from the ecological and feminist movements... Read more
Acknowledgements. Introduction: Thinking at the crossroads. Prelude: Situating Ecological Feminism. 1. The Ecofeminist Project 2. Feminist Ethics and the Value of Nature 3. So As To Flourish: The Goals of Ecological Feminism Interlude: On Ethics Without Purity. 4. Selves, Systems and Chaos 5. Not So Static After All: Ecological Feminism and Anti-Essentialist Criticism 6. Considering the Problems in Ecofeminism 7.Activism That Is Not One Works cited and of related interest. Index.

Biography

Chris J. Cuomo is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati.