The mechanistic worldview sanctioned domination of both nature and women

Evidence

In investigating the roots of our current environmental dilemma and its connections to science, technology, and the economy, we must reexamine the formation of a world view and a science that, by reconceptualizing reality as a machine rather than a living organism, sanctioned the domination of both nature and women. — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, 64

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ecofeminism revalues a women-nature connection the west historically devalued to oppress women — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 60; The human concept carries masculine bias because gender and nature dualisms intertwine — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 140; Mechanistic reduction extends nature’s instrumentalisation to humans rather than ending dualism — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 458 (+13 more)

Broader Connections

• Nature’s figuration as submissive female gave scientific exploitation normative sanction #corroborates (0.92) — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, 755
• Controlling nature and controlling humans advance together within science #corroborates (0.88) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 614
• Conquering nature is mythically gendered as conquering woman #corroborates (0.85)
• Sexism, racism, and anthropocentrism all share a value-hierarchized logic of domination #expands (0.80) — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 322
• Vitalism’s monistic worldview inherently restrains the exploitation of nature #corroborates (0.78) — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, 933
• Hobbes’ egalitarian state-of-nature theory nonetheless kept women subordinate to men #qualifies (0.75) — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, 825
• The nature-culture dichotomy justified policing elite and common women alike #expands (0.72) — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, 592