Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 10:33:58 -0500 From: dhenwood-AT-panix.com (Doug Henwood) Subject: Re: M-I: Vandana Shiva At 2:00 AM 11/3/96, Dean Stinson-O'Gorman wrote: >A couple of days ago Doug Henwood (I think) made a passing criticism of >"the populism of Vandana Shiva". Having read some of her stuff and been >impressed, I found this rather odd. What's the problem with her, >Doug (or anyone)? Surely someone doesn't need to be a classical >marxist before we grant them any credit? Hell no. To start with, I find it hypocritical that someone should make a career out of jetting around the world while urging the masses to stay home and tend to their lentils. I also find her romanticization of traditional ways of life to be problematic; ditto her crude gender essentialism. For a long attack on her & the International Forum on Globalization, see the globalization article on my website. Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: <dhenwood-AT-panix.com> web: <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html> --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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