Dear Chen, I'm not sure how you got that from what I wrote. Of course ecofeminism is an independent 'school' from feminism, in all it's guises. I refer you to Joe Dees' comment. Also I would add that ecofeminism differs from all strands of feminism in that it explicitly challenges the meaning of 'human', in contrast to the discourses of feminism, which are in the main, humanistic. Feminism/s, for example, just do not figure in the value of nature and non-human animals into its analyses. Ecofeminism takes an equality of oppression route and seeks to investigate the interconnected oppressions of race, gender, class and nature. Neither is more important than the others. However, I would also add that the best ecofeminism comes through an appreciation of feminist theory. People who are drawn to ecofeminism without first being schooled in feminism are more likely to espouse lazy generalisations/essentialisms. I hope this helps. best wishes, Richard Twine www.ecofem.org Dear Richard, Do you mean that "ecofeminism" is not an independent school among feminist various schools(for example: Marxist Feminism, Radical Feminism, and so on)? But I think ecofeminism must be different from feminism, so what is its characteristic. I don't know whether ecofeminism is just focused on ecological or environmental problems. best wishes, chen --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] �����ģ�> Dear Chen, > Some writers such as Chris Cuomo and Karen Warren > use the > term ecological feminism in prefernce to > ecofeminism. As far as I > can tell they do this because they want to avoid the > essentialist > overtones of ecofeminism. A further reason may be to > stake out a > particularly 'philosophical' branch of ecofeminism. > I don't personally > agree with either reason. Ecofeminism after all is > not inherently > essentialist (see Plumwood 1993) and there are > dangers in pinning > ecofeminism to one particular discipline, > especially one as remote > as academic philosophy. Ecofeminism, in my opinion, > is > interdisciplinary in theory and practice. > > best wishes, > Richard Twine > www.ecofem.org > > > Dear all, > > I am a new member and also a Chinese student. To > avoid > any misunderstanding for different language and > cultural background, I want to know other memebers' > viewpoints in the difference between ecofeminism and > ecological feminism. > > Chen > > Weihua Chen, postgraduate > Dept of Philosophy > Nanjing University > Nanjing 210093 > China > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ________________________________________________________ > _ > Do You Yahoo!? ��¼����Ż�����! > http://mail.yahoo.com.cn > �����Ż����ֲ������Ҹ��Ծ�ʩչ��http://cn.clubs.yahoo.com ===== Weihua Chen Dept of Philosophy Nanjing University Nanjing 210093 China E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________ _ Do You Yahoo!? ��¼����Ż�����! http://mail.yahoo.com.cn �����Ż����ֲ������Ҹ��Ծ�ʩչ��http://cn.clubs.yahoo.com
