Ariel Salleh in her article “Sustaining Marx or Sustaining Nature?” explains the ideas of Marxist thought as articulated through a response to John Bellamy Foster and Paul Burkett. In her article, Salleh explains the notion of the “Great Chain of Being,” which is essentially a hierarchy of roles where God is placed at the top and men are not far beneath. Additionally, anything below the level of mankind (or men) is perceived as instruments aiding the higher levels to accomplish their any desire. Furthermore, Salleh discusses how this idea has influenced the thought of society into thinking that woman are inferior and are seen as separated from men and apart of nature as a means to an end. Moreover, Marx’s theory revolving around the production
