Earthcare: Women and the Environment

by Carolyn Merchant

Earthcare brings together Merchan'ts existing work on the topic of women and the environment as well as updated and new essays.

Genres: Feminism, Nature, Nonfiction, Womens, Philosophy

Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Carolyn Merchant is an American ecofeminist philosopher and historian of science most famous for her theory (and book of the same title) on The Death of Nature, whereby she identifies the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century as the period when science began to atomize, objectify, and dissect nature, foretelling its eventual conception as composed of inert atomic particles. Her works are important in the development of environmental history and the history of science. She is Professor emerita of Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics at UC Berkeley.

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[missy jean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Persistently historical and insistently interdisciplinary. Good stuff.