Focusing on the intersection of climate justice and systemic racism, this work presents an ecointersectional approach inspired by Black feminist theorists. It highlights the complexities of racial climates often ignored in environmental justice discussions. The author argues that genuine environmental protection cannot be achieved without simultaneously addressing systemic inequities, emphasizing the necessity of integrating anti-racist efforts into climate action. This book serves as a critical contribution to understanding the intertwined nature of ecological and racial injustices.
"... thoughtful critiques of the myriad issues between women and science." —Belles Lettres "Outstanding collection of essays that raise the fundamental questions of gender in what we have been taught are objective sciences." —WATERwheel "... all of the articles are well written, informative, and convincing. Admirable editorial work makes this anthology unusually helpful for scholars and students... Highly recommended... " —Choice Questioning the objectivity of scientific inquiry, this volume addresses the scope of gender bias in science. The contributors examine the ways in which science is affected by and reinforces sexist biases. The essays reveal science to be a cultural institution, structured by the political, social, and economic values of the culture within which it is practiced.
The book offers clear and insightful feminist analyses of significant figures in Western philosophy, making complex ideas accessible to readers. It serves as an essential resource for undergraduates, effectively introducing them to gender issues within the philosophical tradition.
They urge attunement to the world as a way to speak about what is impossible
to give voice to, to live in the spaces between speech and the unspeakable,
and to conceptualize and articulate the boundaries of rational sensibility.
While the heavy social impacts of raging wildfires, punishing storms, and climbing temperatures worldwide have made many increasingly aware of the need for climate justice, the intersection of race and climate change has too often been neglected in the literature and in practice.In Racial Climates, Ecological Indifference , author Nancy Tuana urges that engagement with histories and lineages of ecological indifference and systemic racisms leads to a more robust understanding of the nature of climate injustices. Applying her “ecointersectional” framework, Tuana reveals how racist institutions and practices often fuel environmental destruction and contribute to climate change. Building on the work of Black feminist theorists, she demonstrates that the basic social structures that generate environmental destruction are the same as those that generate systemic oppression, making clear that the more traditional focus on the differential distribution of harms and benefits of climate change, while important, constitutes only one dimension of climate injustice due to systemic racisms. This book provides a more adequate account of racial climates by disclosing the additional dimensions of climate injustice.Ultimately, Tuana underscores that any effort to protect the environment must also be a fight against systemic racisms and other forms of systemic inequity.
