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Developing a Nonhierarchical Concept of Difference:

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Developing a Nonhierarchical Concept of Difference:

[Thesis]

Ireland, Kate

Ecofeminism and Gestalt Therapy Theory

Whitfield, Carol

California Institute of Integral Studies

2020

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Ph.D.

California Institute of Integral Studies

2020

Ecofeminist Val Plumwood (1993) articulates that the dualistic logic which pervades Western culture operates by distorting difference and establishing hierarchical relationships based on that distortion. She identifies 5 aspects of hierarchical relationships that function to uphold that distortion: backgrounding, instrumentalism, incorporation, radical exclusion, and homogenization. Plumwood argues that the logic of dualism is at the root of the linked oppressions of marginalized groups. These oppressions are currently being challenged by movements such as Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, and climate protests. Plumwood articulates that in order to effectively challenge these linked oppressions, a nonhierarchical concept of difference must be developed, which would thereby challenge the logic of dualism.

Difference

Ecofeminism

Gestalt therapy

Psychology

Ireland, Kate

Whitfield, Carol

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[Thesis]

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