Val Plumwood
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In this first volume of The Sylvan Jungle, the editors present a scholarly edition of the first chapter, "Exploring Meinong's Jungle," of Richard Routley's 1000-plus page book, Exploring Meinong's Jungle and Beyond. Going against the... more
This article examines how Alice Oswald’s book-length poem Dart complicates and extends debates about the local and global. Aspects of environmentalism that focus on a physical connection with a local environment have been criticised by... more
El objetivo del presente ensayo es explorar con mayor profundidad lo que considero una de las más promisorias rutas para rastrear un pensamiento y una prác- tica en relación con los animales de los cuales surja un completo... more
En 1985, attaquée par un crocodile dans le parc national de Kakadu, Val Plumwood échappe à une mort a priori certaine. Pour l’écoféministe australienne, en une fraction de seconde, l’ordre établi entre humains et nature se renverse.... more
Feminism and the Mastery of Nature draws on the feminist critique of reason to argue that the master form of rationality of western culture has been systematically unable to acknowledge dependency on nature, the sphere of those it has... more
On the face of it, the conservation strategy of rewilding is inimical to human places and the histories and identities that constitute them. But the idea of rewilding (especially laden with the conceptual baggage attendant to questions of... more
Although animal advocacy and environmentalism have had a long association as social and political movements, the relationship has not been without conflict, both in theory and in practice. An opportunity to defuse such conflict is to be... more
Composting is a material labor whereby old scraps are transformed-through practices of care and attention-into nutrient-rich new soil. In this provocation, we develop "composting" as a material metaphor to tell a particular story about... more
The paper considers how ecological feminist philosophies can enrich the animal advocacy movement and its liberatory politics and ethics. Building on existing literature, I argue that ecofeminist theories can help deepen our thinking about... more
I consider the interspecies political implications of Vienna, Austria's urban-dwelling European hamsters (Cricetus cricetus). In July 2020, the International Union for Conservation of Nature updated the status of the European hamster on... more
The present world seems to address nature as ―mother nature‖. Perhaps it has always been so - nature has been feminized since many years mostly due to its life giving properties. This paper throws some light on why it has been so and how... more
The worldview of Margaret Atwood's God's Gardeners accepts some ecological truths that are denied by the dominant Western culture. However, Gardener doctrine ultimately fails in constructing a properly ecological outlook, because, like... more
Darjeeling, a district in the Himalayan foothills of the Indian state of West Bengal, is a former colonial " hill station. " It is world famous both as a destination for mountain tourists and as the source of some of the world's most... more
Many environmental philosophers currently hold that animal liberation theories are not relevant to the development of the field of environmental ethics. Instead, they contend that the field is traversed most successfully within the... more
RESUMEN Este trabajo se enfoca en mostrar la importancia de escuchar la voz de la filosofía aborigen australiana, como un pensamiento no occidental; esta no solo ofrece una manera distinta de abordar las problemáticas ecológicas, sino una... more
This paper is a preliminary treatment of the categories of agency and dependence in the context of ecosystem services discourse. These categories are discussed in terms of critical categorial ontology in order to articulate adequately the... more
An ecopoem written as a creative response to Val Plumwood's works 'Being Prey' (2012) and Feminism and the Mastery of Nature (1993). (2012) The Eye of the Crocodile, edited by Lorraine Shannon. Canberra: Australian National University E... more
This chapter connects thinking, feminism, and place, to suggest a link between ecology and epistemology, between the environment in which we live our lives and the production of knowledge generated through those times, places, and lived... more
Originally published: Ethics, Place, and Environment, 8:2, 2005. In the following essay, I argue for an alternative anthropocentrism that, eschewing failed appeals to traditional moral principle, takes (a) as its point of departure the... more
The master identity is more than a conspiracy: it is a legacy, a form of culture, a form of rationality, a framework for selfhood and relationship which, through this appropriation of culture, has come to shape us all.
Ekofeminizmin onemli isimlerinden olan ve ozellikle Feminizm ve Dogaya Hukmetmek kitabiyla taninan Val Plumwood, ilk donem calismalarinda “hiper-ayrimlar” olarak adlandirdigi hiyerarsik karsitliklara odaklanirken, sonraki... more
The well-established mechanic within videogames which permits players to respawn immediately after an untimely death and try again is often characterised as definitive of the medium. Players become accustomed to the promise, and perhaps... more
Environmental philosophers appear to have static understandings of human culture. Be they nature/culture monists, dualists, or something in-between, the relationship between ‘culture per se’ and ‘nature’ is not understood to be subject to... more
Val Plumwood's 1993 paper, "The politics of reason: towards a feminist logic" (hence-forth POR) attempted to set the stage for what she hoped would begin serious feminist exploration into formal logic-not merely its historical abuses,... more
Normative discourses about higher education institutions may perpetuate stereotypes about institutions. Few studies explore student perceptions of universities and how transformative pedagogical interventions in university classrooms may... more
Published in the series Northern Studies Monographs (Umeå University and The Royal Skyttean Society). The volume can be ordered via the webshop of The Royal Skyttean Society: skytteanska@umu.se
In this paper I critically reflect on the sustainability potential of biomimetic technologies by focusing on writings of the German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk. Although I agree with Sloterdijk that biomimetic technologies - or, as he... more
Parmenides has been criticized as denying and disparaging human diversity; anathematizing sex, reproduction, and bodies; supporting the suppression of women and others outside the Greek ruling classes; and silencing important... more