Reweaving the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism

by Irene Diamond, Gloria F. Orenstein (Editor)

Overview

The Ecofeminist Movement represents the coming together or the environmental, feminist, and Women's spirituality movements out of a share concern for the well-concern for the well-being of the Earth and all forms of life that our Earth supports. Reweaving the World is a major resource on ecofeminism, gathering in a single volume articles, essays, and poetic prose pieces by the foremost writers, scholars, activists, artists, and spiritual teachers of this movement Interweaving politics and philosophy, theory and activism, this provocative collection advocates a restoration of harmony in a global environment damaged by a devaluation of nature and women.

Contributors

Sally Abbott

Paula Gunn Allen

Rachel L. Bagby

Carol P. Christ

Irene Diamond

Riane Eisler

Yaakov Jerome Garb

Susan Griffin

Cynthia Hamilton

Irene Javors

Catherine Keller

Mara Lynn Keller

Marti Kheel

Ynestra King

Carolyn Merchant

Lin Nelson

Gloria Feman Orenstein

Judith Plant

Lee Quinby

Arisika Razak

Julia Scofield Russell

Vandana Shiva

Charlene Spretnak

Starhawk

Brian Swimme

Michael E. Zimmerman

Irene Diamond lives in Eugene, Oregon, where she teaches at the University of Oregon and participates in local Green politics and related ecofeminist educational activities. Her most recent book is Feminism and Foucault: Reflection on Resistance, co-edited with Lee Quinby.

Gloria Feman Orenstein is an associate professor of comparative literature and teaches in the Program for the Study of Women and Men in Society at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She is the author of The Reflowering of the Goddess and The Theatre of the Marvelous: Surrealismand the Contemporary Stage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780871566232
Publisher:	Sierra Club Books
Publication date:	06/28/1990
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.99(h) x 0.90(d)

Editorial Reviews

Publication of this anthology celebrates the marriage of the ecology, radical feminist, and feminist spirituality movements. Its 13 contributors range from the director of the Research Foundation for Science and Ecology in Dahra Dun, India (Vandana Shiva) to American Indian activist/poet/scholar Paula Gunn Allen, with appearances in between from such well-known feminists as Carolyn Merchant, Carol Christ, Susan Griffin, etc. They here consider the history of ecofeminism, its differentiation from such other philosophical positions as Deep Ecology, the issues it addresses, and the approaches it suggests for dealing with current ecological crises. These are serious, even scholarly discussions, yet they remain readable and compelling, appealing to both men and women to promote new values which will affirm and enhance the Earth. Highly recommended.-- Beverly Miller, Boise State Univ. Lib., Id.

Library Journal - Library Journal

A collection of articles, essays, and poetic prose pieces by 26 of the foremost writers, scholars, activists, artists, and spiritual teachers of ecofeminism, an emergent synthesis of the environmental, feminist, and women's spirituality movements. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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