hello to roxanne- and im glad to see other people on the list who see the
spiritual dimension in ecofeminism as important.
i wrote a post yesterday in response to the several anti-spiritual" posts
but i think i sent it wrong and it didnt get on..
what i had said was that i think a spiritual consciousness is INTEGRAL to
an ecofeminist perspective, and that a critique of our culture is only
holistic if it the political, historical, spiritual, and scientific
aspects are seen as interconnected...for me, the spiritual dimension is
the basis and the various cultural dimensions can be viewed within that
framework. unless we work to deconstruct the judeo-christian influences
in our culture, and rediscover the relationship we as humans originally
had to nature/the sacred, working to critique the institutions is
superficial. i believe in change from the roots up...and to me, humans'
relationship to nature is the root.
> For those interested in very readable, diverse expressions of
> ecofeminism, I would recommend two anthologies: "Reweaving the World"
> and "Healing the Wounds." I believe one of these has already been
> mentioned. I have also found the writings of Ariel Salleh and Ynestra
> King useful. A less polemical discussion of many aspects of
> environmental philosophy (including different aspects of ecofeminism)
> is Carolyn Merchant's "Radical Ecology" (I think that's the title),
> released in 1992. For those of you who don't know, Merchant wrote the
> first major ecofeminist analysis of the history of Western thought
> back in 1980. Although it is very dense, it is also verrrry thorough
> and I would recommend at least a skim of it for newcomers to
> ecofeminist thinking. It's called "The Death of Nature." I would
i am totally in agreement about the importance of these works...along
with susan griffin (esp her piece in healing the wounds "split culture"
as well as king's piece in the same book) and STARHAWK STARHAWK STARHAWK!!
anyway i would definitely like to engage in a debate/dialogue about
spirituality in ecofeminism etc..
-anne dashiell
