L’écoféminisme : Nos racines et notre épanouissement

International audienceCe texte de Charlene Spretnak figure en ouverture d’un volume collectif dirigé par Irene Diamond et Gloria Feman Orenstein en 1990 qui rassemble grand nombre de penseuses pionnières du courant philosophique et du mouvement écoféministes états-uniens. Cet ouvrage, non encore traduit, compte des contributions essentielles telles que celles de Riane Eisler, Paula Gunn Allen, Starhawk, Susan Griffin, Carolyn Merchant, Ynestra King, Judith Plant ou Vandana Shiva, pour n’en citer que quelques-unes. Dans ce texte, Charlene Spretnak expose avec clarté l’émergence et les évolutions de l’écoféminisme américain, ses penchants spirituels et ses liens avec l’écologie

An Emerging Paradigm

This panel Discussion was part of the From the Realm of the Ancestors: Language of the Goddess conference sponsored by the Women’s Spirituality Program at CIIS (June 12-14, 1998 at Cowell Theatre, Fort Mason in San Francisco) in honor of the pioneering archeologist Marija Gimbutas. The conference focused on the necessity of refocusing our collective memory, and to the cultivation of vision, creativity, insight, and the celebration of life. The conference was moderated by Joan Marler and featured presentations by scholars and artists who acknowledge the significance of Dr. Gimbutas’ research and theories. Gimbutas’ discovery of Goddess-centered, matristic societies that preceded the development of patriarchy in Europe has initiated a new perception of European prehistory that challenges traditional assumptions about the origins of western civilization