04822nam 2200565 a 450 991079201140332120200520144314.00-7618-5429-0(CKB)2560000000102511(EBL)1214312(SSID)ssj0000971169(PQKBManifestationID)11579706(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000971169(PQKBWorkID)10929854(PQKB)10543901(MiAaPQ)EBC1214312(Au-PeEL)EBL1214312(CaPaEBR)ebr10719700(OCoLC)851971980(EXLCZ)99256000000010251120130621d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEcofeminism[electronic resource] towards integrating the concerns of women, poor people, and nature into development /Jytte NhanengeLanham, Md. University Press of America, Inc.20111 online resource (562 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7618-5428-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Aspects of the Crises in the World; Introduction; The Crisis of War and Violence: Investments, Costs, and Results; The Price of War: Resources Spent on Military and War; The Losses of War: Effects of War on Women, Children, and Nature; The Trade of War: Global Arms Trade is the Biggest; The Futility of War: More and Better Weapons do not Secure Peace; Militarization and Social Inequality Increase Violence and Crime; Conclusion on the Crisis of War and ViolenceThe Crisis of Poverty and Inequality: Lack of Effective SolutionsPoverty, Sickness, and Death: Effects on Women and Children; Development: The Failed Strategy to Alleviate Poverty; The Problem of North-South, Male-Female Inequality; Conclusion on the Crisis of Poverty and Inequality; The Crisis of Environmental Destruction: Main Threats, Main Victims; Climate Change; Acid Rain; Ultraviolet Radiation; Deforestation and Desertification; Extinction of Species; Water Scarcity; Dangerous Industries: Their Pollution and Waste; Development: Its Destructive Ecological ConsequencesConclusion on the Crisis of Environmental DestructionThe Crisis of Human Rights Abuses: Main Issues, Main Victims; The Value of Money is a Priority Over the Value of People; Women's Rights are Human Rights, in Theory; Slavery and Human Trafficking; Conclusion on the Crisis of Human Rights Abuses; The Root Cause of the Crises: A Perceptual, Intellectual Crisis; Modernity: A Reductionist Perception of Reality; Alternatives: A Systemic Approach to the Crises; Chapter Conclusion; Chapter 2: Perspectives for Transforming the Crises; IntroductionCultural Transformation: From Western Crises to Eastern OpportunitiesI Ching: What it is and how it may Promote Cultural Transformation; I Ching, the Book of Changes; Description of the Yin and Yang Forces; The Yin and the Yang: Interdependent Parts of a Whole Person; Applying Harmonious Yin-Yang to Unbalanced Western Society; The Systems Theory and Smuts' Holism: Ecologic Ontologies; General Systems Theory, Smuts' Holism: Environmental Thinking; Compared to Western, Patriarchal Culture; Chapter Conclusion: A Synthesis; Introduction; Chapter 3: Ecofeminism: What it is and why it is ImportantWhat is Ecofeminism?Ecofeminist History; Ecofeminist Positions; Ecofeminism: A Theory-in-process; Ecofeminist Conceptual Framework and Philosophy; The Logic of Domination; The Logic of Value Dualism; Patriarchy; Environmental Ethics; Critiques of Mainstream Ethics; An Ecofeminist Environmental Ethics; An Ecofeminist Social Justice; Social Ecology; Deep Ecology; Radical Environmental Theories and their Cooperation; Ecofeminism and Post-modernism; Post-modernism; Ecofeminism: A Post-modem Perspective; Ecofeminism: A Perspective beyond Post-modernism; Ecofeminist SpiritualitiesCriticism of Ecofeminism and ResponseThis book 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. Unless we increase our awareness and demand changes that balance the yang and yin forces, patriarchal domination will eradicate life on planet Earth.EcofeminismEcofeminism.305.42Nhanenge Jytte1538970MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792011403321Ecofeminism3789532UNINA