About the Book

Erika CudworthAn original exploration of how the relationship between society and 'nature' is conceptualized, focusing on theories of social exclusion and difference. A comprehensive overview of feminist and environmental theories of society-environment relations, considering the range of theoretical and political influences on such theorizing such as socialist and Marxist theory amongst others and the turn to post structuralism and postmodernism within the social sciences. Cudworth also develops her own theoretical account for the interrelations between forms of social domination and contributes to important debates with sociology, social theory, feminist theory and environmentalism.

Contents

Introduction

Social Difference and Ecologism

Complex Systems: “Nature,” “Society” and “Human” Domination

Different Feminisms

Ecofeminism and the Question of Difference

Embodiment, Materiality and Symbolic Regimes

Domination in a Lifeworld of Complexity

About the Author / Editor

ERIKA CUDWORTH is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies at the University of East London, UK. She is author of Environment and Society.