Transcending the Learned Ignorance of Predatory Ontologies: A Research Agenda for an Ecofeminist-Informed Ecological Economics
School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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Sustainability 2019, 11(5), 1479; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11051479
Received: 6 January 2019
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Revised: 5 March 2019
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Accepted: 6 March 2019
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Published: 11 March 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue A Research Agenda for Ecological Economics)
As a necessarily political act, the theorizing, debating and enacting of ecological economies offer pathways to radical socio-economic transformations that emphasize the ecological and prioritize justice. In response to a research agenda call for ecological economics, we propose and employ an ecofeminist frame to demonstrate how the logics of extractivist capitalism, which justify gender biased and anti-ecological power structures inherent in the growth paradigm, also directly inform the theoretical basis of ecological economics and its subsequent post-growth proposals. We offer pathways to reconcile these epistemological limitations through a synthesis of ecofeminist ethics and distributive justice imperatives, proposing leading questions to further the field.
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Keywords:
ecological economics; ecofeminism; gender; capitalist-patriarchy; intersectionality; post-growth; transformational change; systems thinking; complexity
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Ruder, S.-L.; Sanniti, S.R. Transcending the Learned Ignorance of Predatory Ontologies: A Research Agenda for an Ecofeminist-Informed Ecological Economics. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1479. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11051479
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Ruder S-L, Sanniti SR. Transcending the Learned Ignorance of Predatory Ontologies: A Research Agenda for an Ecofeminist-Informed Ecological Economics. Sustainability. 2019; 11(5):1479. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11051479
Chicago/Turabian StyleRuder, Sarah-Louise, and Sophia R. Sanniti. 2019. "Transcending the Learned Ignorance of Predatory Ontologies: A Research Agenda for an Ecofeminist-Informed Ecological Economics" Sustainability 11, no. 5: 1479. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11051479
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