File spoon-archives/marxism-international.archive/marxism-international_1996/96-11-06.190, message 11


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

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