Nature, Self, and Gender: Feminism, Environmental Philosophy, and the Critique of Rationalism
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Hypatia
- Vol. 6 (1) , 3-27
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1991.tb00206.x
Abstract
Rationalism is the key to the connected oppressions of women and nature in the West. Deep ecology has failed to provide an adequate historical perspective or an adequate challenge to human/nature dualism. A relational account of self enables us to reject an instrumental view of nature and develop an alternative based on respect without denying that nature is distinct from the self. This shift of focus links feminist, environmentalist, and certain forms of socialist critiques. The critique of anthropocentrism is not sacrificed, as deep ecologists argue, but enriched.Keywords
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