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Ecology: Scientific, Deep and Feminist

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  • Markus J. Peterson
  • Tarla Rai Peterson‡

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The application of hierarchy theory to ecological systems presents those who seek a radical change in human perspectives toward nature with a unique window of opportunity. Because hierarchy theory has enabled scientific ecologists to discover that the window through which one chooses to observe a system influences its reality, they may now be more amenable to including the perspectives of deep and feminist ecologists into their self-definition. A synergy between deep, feminist, and scientific ecology could improve environmental policy by encouraging more ecofeminists to encompass the marginalisation of nonhuman life-forms within the ethic of care, more deep ecologists to encompass the issues of overconsumption and militarisation within the anthropocentric-biocentric polarity, and more scientific ecologists to scrutinise the politics behind their investigations.

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  • Markus J. Peterson & Tarla Rai Peterson‡, 1996. "Ecology: Scientific, Deep and Feminist," Environmental Values, , vol. 5(2), pages 123-146, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envval:v:5:y:1996:i:2:p:123-146
    DOI: 10.3197/096327196776679348
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