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Deep Ecology versus Ecofeminism: Healthy Differences or Incompatible Philosophies?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Robert Sessions
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Abstract

Deep ecology and ecofeminism are contemporary environmental philosophies that share the desire to supplant the predominant Western anthropocentric environmental frameworks. Recently thinkers from these movements have focused their critiques on each other, and substantial differences have emerged. This essay explores central aspects of this debate to ascertain whether either philosophy has been undermined in the process and whether there are any indications that they are compatible despite their differences.

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Hypatia , Volume 6 , Issue 1: Special Issue: Ecological Feminism , Spring 1991 , pp. 90 - 107
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Copyright © 1991 by Hypatia, Inc.

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