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This article explores the main features of the “sustainability of life” approach, a theoretical and political approach specifically developed in the context of Spanish, Latin American, and Caribbean feminist economics in the last two decades. It dialogues with decolonial feminisms; ecofeminisms and degrowth ecological proposals; the popular, social, and solidarity economy; and feminist reflections on “good living” and “good co-existence.” The article situates this approach within the wider spectrum of feminist economics as a plural school of thought and examines its particular characteristics in greater detail. Specifically, the article highlights sustainability of life as a multilevel approach that connects economic, social, and ecological systems and reveals the capital-life conflict that runs through them; offers a non-Eurocentric and intersectional perspective for analyzing the diverse implications of this conflict; and presents a political positioning that draws emancipatory imaginaries and horizons that place life at the center.HIGHLIGHTSSustainability of life has come to be a main theoretical approach of Spanish, Latin American, and Caribbean feminisms.It offers an emancipatory roadmap for organizing life outside of capitalist structures.It proposes a vision for constructing an economy that is feminist, plural, and inclusive, prioritizing women and peripheral subjects.It presents a political proposal for collective action to confront the logic of capitalist, patriarchal, and racist systems.It harbors as its ultimate goal the sustaining of a “good collective life.”
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Astrid Agenjo-Calderón, 2023.
"The Sustainability of Life Approach: A State of Affairs,"
Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(4), pages 133-157, October.
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RePEc:taf:femeco:v:29:y:2023:i:4:p:133-157
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2023.2218876
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