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Val Plumwood was an eminent environmental philosopher and activist who was prominent in the development of radical ecophilosophy from the early 1970s until her death in 2008. Her book Feminism and the Mastery of Nature (1992) has become a classic. In 1985 she was attacked by a crocodile while kayaki...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Plumwood, Val
Other Authors: Shannon, Lorraine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Canberra, ACT : ANU E Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Predation (Biology)
Philosophy of nature.
Ecology > Philosophy.
Human ecology > Philosophy.
Predatory Behavior
Prédation (Biologie)
Philosophie de la nature.
Écologie > Philosophie.
Écologie humaine > Philosophie.
Biology, life sciences.
Ecological science, the Biosphere.
Feminism and feminist theory.
Life sciences: general issues.
Mathematics and science.
Social issues and processes.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Ecology > Philosophy
Human ecology > Philosophy
Philosophy of nature
Eco-feminism
Eco-philosophy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • First section : 1. Meeting the predator
  • 2. Dry season (Yegge) in the stonecountry
  • 3. The wisdom of the balanced rock: The parallel universe and the preyperspective
  • Second section : 4. A wombat wake: In memoriam Birubi
  • 5. 'Babe': The tale of the speaking meat
  • Third section : 6. Animals and ecology: Towards abetter integration
  • 7. Tasteless: Towards a food-based approach to death.

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