Value hierarchies become second-nature through historically embedded discourse

Evidence

An EcoJustice framework helps us to understand the ways that value hierarchies insinuate themselves into our day-to-day interactions making notions of superiority and inferiority almost “second nature.” This mindset or sensibility—even “common sense”—is created through a historically embedded discursive system that leads to the exploitation of groups of people as well as the morethan-human world. As we’ve been saying, a logic of domination manifests itself in all sorts of ways; once we can begin to identify how it works, we can also decide to stop contributing to it. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 1099

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the eco-justice definition of ‘logic of domination’ as a historically embedded discursive system producing second-nature superiority/inferiority beliefs.
• XREF: connects to: Internalized gendered definitions remain nearly invisible yet still violent in schools today — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 688; Racism uses value hierarchies framed as natural to control and exploit — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1100; Taken-for-granted language reproduces value hierarchies and centric thinking — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 124 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Objectivity of concepts rests on a collective historical subject #corroborates (0.80) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 764
• Editorial word choice reveals how historical framing shapes the moral weight of terms #expands (0.78) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 15
• Finance theory shapes markets through the linguistic infrastructure it provides practitioners #exemplifies (0.78) — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera, 1128
• Historical narrative logic structures timescapes that pure economic analysis misses #exemplifies (0.72) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 597
• Understanding material disparities requires tracing historical inferiorizing discourses #qualifies (0.72) — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 1240