Jytte Nhanenge

Ecofeminism (eBook, PDF)

Towards Integrating the Concerns of Women, Poor People, and Nature into Development

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Ecofeminism is for those who desire to improve their understanding of the current crises of poverty, environmental destruction, violence, and human rights abuses, and their causes. It is an ecofeminist analysis of modern society's dualized, patriarchal structure, showing that one-sided reductionist, masculine, and quantitative (yang) perceptions inform science, economics, and technology, resulting in subordination of holistic, feminine, and qualitative (yin) values. This yin-yang imbalance manifests as patriarchal domination of women, poor people, and nature, leading to the above crises. Since similar values inform Third World Development, its activities are also exploitative. Thus, rather than improving human well-being, development increases poverty and natural degradation in the South. Modern patriarchy manifests in neo-liberal policies that promote "free" global economic markets and trades, generating huge profits to the political and economic elites with devastating results for societies and nature worldwide. Unless we increase our awareness and demand changes that balance the yang and yin forces, patriarchal domination will eradicate life on planet Earth.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761882497
• Artikelnr.: 75138187

Autorenporträt

Jytte Nhanenge is a Danish citizen who has been working with development in Africa for many years. She decided to find out what is wrong with development, as she was troubled about development's inability to alleviate poverty. Nhanenge embarked on a lengthy study and discusses the outcome in this book. She lives with her husband and their two dogs in Mozambique.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Acknowledgements
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 Chapter 1: Aspects of the Crises in the World
Chapter 5 Chapter 2: Perspectives for Transforming the Crises
Chapter 6 Chapter 3: Ecofeminism: What It Is and Why It Is Important
Chapter 7 Chapter 4: An Ecofeminist Analysis of Science, Economics, and
Technology
Chapter 8 Chapter 5: An Ecofeminist Analysis of Development
Chapter 9 Chapter 6: Ecofeminist Thougts on a Possible Non-dominant World:
"The Way Things Could Have Been"
Chapter 10 Chapter 7: Summary, Conclusion, and Recommendations
Chapter 11 Glossary
Chapter 12 Bibliography
Chapter 13 Index