Vandana Shiva

woman-nature connections. Vandana Shiva is a physicist, feminist and philosopher from India, she claims the nature should have its subjectivity, because subjectivity is the fundament characteristic of nature. The conclusion that she gives out is a reversal of the logic of patriarchal destruction requires “putting women and children first” (P150). Cuomo argues far more strongly than traditional environmental ethicists, she concludes that ecofeminist ethics can be helpful in fostering practices and institutions to promote universal flourishing that emphasized to pay interests of the person who does the valuing and also the thing that is being valued (P151). Mary Mellor has contribution to make to understanding that women have a particular perspective on the relationship between humanity and nonhuman nature. She also states the “deep materialism” is a solution to the realities of environment ethic and justice (P151). The key idea of ecofeminism is about the historical, symbolical and political relationship between devaluation of femininity and nature, and this relationship is patriarchy. According to Warren’s view, the negative impact from patriarchy is feminization of nature and naturalization of women, and women and nature become ornamentations and appendages in the social order under the control by male. However, in order to overthrow this unequal rights relationship, we have to recognize the essence and the character of the patriarchy structure. Shiva gives her exclusive…

In the works written by Neil Postman “Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology”, Stephen Lansing’s “Priests and Programmers” and Vandana Shiva’s “Biopiracy” growing technologies along with more restrictive laws can shape an individual’s freedoms as well as things that would otherwise seem “free” as in food. Postman argues a world with an increase in technology could undermine the morals within humanity and end up controlling humanity as an end result. Lansing’s research analysis is…

that demands future generations to fix the issue. This domino effect created by people has cost us the future of peoples great grandkids and the endangerment of pivotal species. Are plastic bags more important than sea turtles and natural disasters? Both Vandana Shiva in her book Soil, Not Oil and Colin Beaven in his book No Impact Man, explore and discuss humanity's growing consumption and interdependence on fossil-based carbon. Beaven’s family…

In her essay Development, Ecology and Women, Vandana Shiva describes maldevelopment as “the violation of the integrity of organic, interconnected and interdependent systems, that sets in motion a process of exploitation, inequality, injustice and violence”1 (6). Notably, her criticism of maldevelopment does not present it as the opposite of development, but rather the same process merely viewed under a different paradigm. Specifically, while development and globalization are typically depicted…

Vandana Shiva is a food revolutionist; she aims to halt the growth of GMO foods around the world. She works towards this goal by writing books, running campaigns, and speaking to people around the world. Shiva is passionate about making a difference in her homeland, India, by creating equal opportunities for farmers. Farmers should be able to make a living by growing fresh, unmodified produce. However, the prevalence of genetically modified foods makes it difficult to do so. Companies such as…

Dr. Vandana Shiva is a nuclear physicist, environmental and social activist who agrees that Globalization increases poverty and inequity. Her primary example is the country of India and how global corporations produce and extract resources causing hardworking individuals, specifically farmers or agricultural professionals, to be forced out of labor and into poverty. She discusses the injustice these farmers and hardworking class face by being ignored as well as the significance of globalization…

In Vandana Shiva’s essay, “Economic Globalization Has Become a war Against Nature and the Poor,” Shiva discusses the strains that poor agricultural societies are forced to bear due to the new global economy. She examines the environmental and socioeconomic effects that third world nations must face if they are pressured to join the rest of the world through globalization. She argues that the sustainability of the world depends on the sharing of resources, diversity of crops, as well as respect…

The statues of Shiva Nataraja, also known as Shiva as the Lord of Dance, came from the sculptors of the south Indian Chola dynasty. These statues, from the late tenth and early eleventh centuries, are some of the most significant icons from the Hindu religion. This important symbol bears all of the characteristics that Shiva represents: creator, preserver, and destroyer of the universe. This religious piece of art, made using the ‘lost-wax’ method of sculpting, has gotten a lot more prominent…

is a very popular Hindu pilgrimage which is located in the South of Jammu and Kashmir. Thousands of pilgrims visit Amarnath every year despite the risks it holds. The Amaranth cave is almost 3,888 m above the sea level and is a Hindu shrine. Every year almost four thousand devotees visit amaranth. This place is about 141 km from Srinagar which is popularly known as the summer capital of India. This shrine is considered as one of the most important parts of Hinduism. There are many religious…

(Atman) with the ultimate absolute reality (Brahman), the homogeneity of different gods, or even the unity of genders. Take the well-known Trimurti (Lit. three forms) for instance: “Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva— identified in the configuration of the creator, the preserver and the destroyer/ transformer of the universe (F. P.20).” Each of these three deities cannot be conceptually self-sustain without the existence of the other two, and within this interdependent relationship, the blueprint…