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Planetary activism at the end of the world: Feminist and posthumanist imaginaries beyond Man
Authors: Karkulehto Sanna, Koistinen Aino-Kaisa, Ugron Nóra
Publisher: SAGE Publishing
Publication year: 2022
Journal: European Journal of Women's Studies
Journal acronym: EJWS
Volume: 29
Issue: 4
First page : 577
Last page: 592
eISSN: 1461-7420
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/13505068221126550
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1177/13505068221126550
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/176661319
We are currently experiencing a planetary crisis that will lead, if worst comes to worst, to the end of the entire world as we know it. Several feminist scholars have suggested that if the Earth is to stay livable for humans and nonhumans alike, the ways in which many human beings – particularly in the wealthy parts of the world, infested with Eurocentrism, (neo)colonialism, neoliberalism, and capitalism – inhabit this planet requires radical, ethical, and political transformation. In this article, we propose that feminist theory, particularly feminist posthumanities, and Black feminist and decolonial thought, together with creative practices such as writing, have much to contribute to transformative planetary activism that imagines different and other kinds of worlds and futures based on an ethical consideration of nonhuman others and collective caring for the planet.
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