The Death of Nature Women, Ecology and the Scientific Revolution (40th anniversary edition)

By: Carolyn Merchant(Author)

384 pages

Publisher: HarperOne

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Updated 40th anniversary edition with 2020 preface. An examination of the Scientific Revolution that shows how the mechanistic world view of modern science has sanctioned the exploitation of nature, unrestrained commercial expansion, and a new socioeconomic order that subordinates women.

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Carolyn Merchant, Ph.D., is a professor of environmental history, philosophy, and ethics in the Department of Conservation and Resource Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

By: Carolyn Merchant(Author)

384 pages

Publisher: HarperOne

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"Brilliantly conceived and richly researched."
– Susan Griffin

"[Merchant] continually forges strong links between the events of centuries long past ant the dilemmas faced by 20th-century industrialized societies."
– Environmental Review

"A crucial first step toward illuminating the complexities of the woman/nature relationship as it informs the dominant mechanistic paradigm of the modern age."
– Women's Studies International Quarterly

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