Post-environmentalism, the deep ecology/ecofeminist debate, and Surfacing : rereading environmental theory

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dc.contributor.advisorBrink, André Pen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWells, Mernaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-28T14:29:40Z
dc.date.available2016-03-28T14:29:40Z
dc.date.issued1993en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractI have taken my notion of 'Post-Environmentalism' from John Young's book of the same name which seemed to me to provide an eclectic and essentially deconstructive approach to the debate surrounding 'the environmentalist crisis'. As the term suggests, the debate is one subject to essentialist thinking which constitutes it as simple and singular. In particular I am interested in the ways in which that logic is one of specularity, forwarded by a scientific privileging of ocular epistemology. I therefore use the strategy of 'Post-Environmentalism' in so far as it provides a way of making use of the historical and political importance of all the discourses involved, in particular Deep-Ecology and Ecofeminism, without privileging one over another. However, I also point out ways in which this mapping project is subject to the same specular logic. In so far as Surfacing is a postmodernist text which constantly relativizes the discourses of, in particular but not exclusively, ecofeminism and science, it functions like 'Post-Environmentalism' to deconstruct the specific problems of each. In particular I look at the way in which the narrator uses metaphor to deconstruct rational masculinist thought and create the possibility of an empowering subject position for women, nature and fiction as a marginalized genre.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWells, M. (1993). <i>Post-environmentalism, the deep ecology/ecofeminist debate, and Surfacing : rereading environmental theory</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18267en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWells, Merna. <i>"Post-environmentalism, the deep ecology/ecofeminist debate, and Surfacing : rereading environmental theory."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18267en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWells, M. 1993. Post-environmentalism, the deep ecology/ecofeminist debate, and Surfacing : rereading environmental theory. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Wells, Merna AB - I have taken my notion of 'Post-Environmentalism' from John Young's book of the same name which seemed to me to provide an eclectic and essentially deconstructive approach to the debate surrounding 'the environmentalist crisis'. As the term suggests, the debate is one subject to essentialist thinking which constitutes it as simple and singular. In particular I am interested in the ways in which that logic is one of specularity, forwarded by a scientific privileging of ocular epistemology. I therefore use the strategy of 'Post-Environmentalism' in so far as it provides a way of making use of the historical and political importance of all the discourses involved, in particular Deep-Ecology and Ecofeminism, without privileging one over another. However, I also point out ways in which this mapping project is subject to the same specular logic. In so far as Surfacing is a postmodernist text which constantly relativizes the discourses of, in particular but not exclusively, ecofeminism and science, it functions like 'Post-Environmentalism' to deconstruct the specific problems of each. In particular I look at the way in which the narrator uses metaphor to deconstruct rational masculinist thought and create the possibility of an empowering subject position for women, nature and fiction as a marginalized genre. DA - 1993 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1993 T1 - Post-environmentalism, the deep ecology/ecofeminist debate, and Surfacing : rereading environmental theory TI - Post-environmentalism, the deep ecology/ecofeminist debate, and Surfacing : rereading environmental theory UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18267 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/18267
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWells M. Post-environmentalism, the deep ecology/ecofeminist debate, and Surfacing : rereading environmental theory. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1993 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18267en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherLiterary Studiesen_ZA
dc.titlePost-environmentalism, the deep ecology/ecofeminist debate, and Surfacing : rereading environmental theoryen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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