Reweaving the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism [Paperback]

Irene Diamond (Author), Gloria Orenstein (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1990

This breakthrough collection signals the coming together of the ecology, feminist and women's spirituality movements--three major cultural forces that share a mutual, life-affirming concern for the well-being of the earth.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

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.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Inside Flap

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: Surrealism and the Contemporary Stage.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Sierra Club Books; 2nd edition (October 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0871566230
• ISBN-13: 978-0871566232
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #342,380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING Book, September 8, 2005

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This review is from: Reweaving the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism (Paperback)

I have read several books on women and the enviroment and how the two are so closely connected and this has been one of if not the best. It is a collection of essays so there is not one overwhelming view. A great collection. I have gotten copies for all my friends.