Uniting gender, race, class, and nature critiques could shake all oppression

Evidence

It is usually at the edges where the great tectonic plates of theory meet and shift that we find the most dramatic developments and upheavals. When four tectonic plates of liberation theory—those concerned with the oppressions of gender, race, class and nature—finally come together, the resulting tremors could shake the conceptual structures of oppression to their foundations. — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 32

Categorization

• XREF: Frames the integrative project — nature as the missing fourth plate — that connects all four polyad courses toward one cross-course synthesis. — connects to: Sexism, racism, and anthropocentrism all share a value-hierarchized logic of domination — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 322; Feminism must combat domination across sex, race, and class, not just male chauvinism — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 562; Systems of oppression constitute each other rather than merely crossing paths — Sherene Razack, Casting Out: The Eviction of Muslims…, 149 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• A ranked thinking about beings underlies racism, sexism, and anthropocentrism alike #corroborates (0.92) — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 412
• Sexism, racism, and anthropocentrism all share a value-hierarchized logic of domination #corroborates (0.90) — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 322
• Social justice silos must yield to analysis of intertwining hierarchies’ shared logic. #corroborates (0.88) — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 838
• Systems of oppression constitute each other rather than merely crossing paths #corroborates (0.85) — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 149
• Feminism must combat domination across sex, race, and class, not just male chauvinism #corroborates (0.82) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 562