Social ecology inherits the very colonising assumptions it claims to overcome.
Evidence
Bookchin’s version of social ecology, then, focuses on some of the forms of hierarchy within human society, but inherits many problematic aspects of the humanist, Enlightenment, Hegelian and Marxist traditions (Plumwood 1981). It defends assumptions associated with the human colonisation of nature and retains forms of intra-human hierarchy which draw on this. Although social ecology presents itself as offering a way of reconciling the various critiques of domination, Bookchin’s version at least falls well short of that objective. — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 87
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to how the reader pairs this with Merchant — both argue western rationalist traditions subtly retain domination despite reformist claims; also links to eco-justice pedagogy thread about hierarchy-of-oppressions critiques. — connects to: A logic of domination justifies ruling nature via culture-nature hierarchy. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 511; Settler colonialism is ecological domination that rebuilds Indigenous homelands into settler ecologies. — Kyle Whyte, Settler Colonialism, Ecology, and…, 65
- QUESTION: Is the hierarchy-of-oppressions model itself the recurring failure across ecofeminism, social ecology, and deep ecology? Worth tracing across all four polyad courses.
Broader Connections
- A logic of domination justifies ruling nature via culture-nature hierarchy.
#expands(0.80) — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 511 - Settler colonialism is ecological domination that rebuilds Indigenous homelands into settler ecologies.
#expands(0.75) — Kyle Whyte, Settler Colonialism, Ecology, and…, 65