{"title":"Vandana Shiva","description":"\u003cp\u003eVandana Shiva's works delve into the intersection of environmental justice, agriculture, and technology, challenging dominant narratives through a critical lens. Her writing often explores the social and ecological impacts of industrial practices, advocating for biodiversity and sustainable alternatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thought-provoking discussions that blend science, philosophy, and activism, with a particular emphasis on \u003cem\u003eecofeminism\u003c\/em\u003e and the critique of monocultures in both nature and thought. These books invite reflection on how technology and culture shape the future of our planet.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ecofeminism-by-vandana-shiva-9781350379886","title":"Ecofeminism","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this groundbreaking work, two world-renowned scholars argue that ecological destruction and industrial catastrophes constitute a direct threat to everyday life, the maintenance of which has been made the particular responsibility of women.\u003c\/strong\u003e In both industrialised societies and developing countries, the new wars the world is experiencing, violent ethnic chauvinisms, and the malfunctioning of the economy also pose urgent questions for ecofeminists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIs there a relationship between patriarchal oppression and the destruction of nature in the name of profit and progress? How can women counter the violence inherent in these processes? Should they look to a link between the women's movement and other social movements?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMaria Mies and Vandana Shiva offer a thought-provoking analysis of these and many other issues from a unique North-South perspective. They critique prevailing economic theories, conventional concepts of women's emancipation, the myth of 'catching up' development, the philosophical foundations of modern science and technology, and the omission of ethics when discussing so many questions, including advances in reproductive technology and biotechnology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn constructing their own ecofeminist epistemology and methodology, these two internationally respected feminist environmental activists look to the potential of movements advocating consumer liberation and subsistence production, sustainability, and regeneration. They argue for an acceptance of limits and reciprocity and a rejection of exploitation, the endless commoditisation of needs, and violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEcofeminism\u003c\/em\u003e by Vandana Shiva and Maria Mies is essential reading for those interested in understanding the intricate connections between environmental and feminist concerns, offering insightful perspectives and a call to action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460713857260,"sku":"9781350379886","price":36.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350379886-ecofeminism.jpg?v=1774951557"},{"product_id":"monocultures-of-the-mind-by-vandana-shiva-9781856492188","title":"Monocultures of the Mind","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVandana Shiva has established herself as a leading independent thinker and voice for the South in that critically important nexus where questions of development strategy, the environment, and the position of women in society coincide. In this new volume, she brings together her thinking on the protection of biodiversity, the implications of biotechnology, and the consequences for agriculture of the global pre-eminence of Western-style scientific knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn lucid and accessible fashion, she examines the current threats to the planet's biodiversity and the environmental and human consequences of its erosion and replacement by monocultural production. She shows how the new Biodiversity Convention has been gravely undermined by a mixture of diplomatic dilution during the process of negotiation and Northern hi-tech interests making money out of the new biotechnologies. She explains what these technologies involve and gives examples of their impact in practice. She questions their claims to improving natural species for the good of all and highlights the ethical and environmental problems posed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnderlying her arguments is the view that the North's particular approach to scientific understanding has led to a system of monoculture in agriculture - a model that is now being foisted on the South, displacing its societies' ecologically sounder, indigenous, and age-old experiences of truly sustainable food cultivation, forest management, and animal husbandry. This rapidly accelerating process of technology and system transfer is impoverishing huge numbers of people, disrupting the social systems that provide them with security and dignity, and will ultimately result in a sterile planet both in the North and South.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a policy intervention of potentially great significance, she calls instead for a halt, at international as well as local level, to the aid and market incentives to both large-scale destruction of habitats where biodiversity thrives and the introduction of centralised, homogenous systems of cultivation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471169470700,"sku":"9781856492188","price":123.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781856492188-monocultures-of-the-mind.jpg?v=1775235959"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/vandana-shiva.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}