Ecofeminist Epistemology in Vandana Shiva’s The Feminine Principle of Prakriti and Ivone Gebara’s Trinitarian Cosmology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14948897 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cynthia Garrity-Bond (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 185-194 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0966-7350 • E-ISSN: 1745-5189 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0966735017738660 |
| OpenAlex | W2782668379 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
The ecofeminist cosmologies of Indian scientist Vandana Shiva and Catholic theologian Ivone Gebara are examined. At the centre of each author’s discourse is their feminist epistemology that occasion a new way of knowing, incorporating each thinker’s social locations as nexus for authority. For Shiva, the feminine principle of Prakriti, or the awareness of nature as a living, interdependent force, is realized through the inclusion of women as sources of expertise and knowledge. Gebara rejects classical theology and philosophy as androcentric, anthropocentric, and hierarchical. Instead Gebara envisions a revised epistemology of inclusivity with emphasis on multiplicity and unity initiated by an ecofeminist Trinitarian cosmology. Taken together Shiva and Gebara provide an epistemology that privileges the paradox of unity through diversity and difference as a solution to society’s current ecological crises
Anthropocentrism · Ecofeminism · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Essentialism · Feminism · Feminist epistemology · Sociology · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
| Citations per year | 0.83 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |