Abstract:
This article looks into the damaging effect of the
disintegrated relationship between humanity and
nature. The current relationship we have with nature
is hierarchal and fragmented because it is rooted in a
culture of separation created by a ‘masculine’ modernity.
The patriarchal values of rationality and power have
othered the natural environment and women. In order
to prevent irreparable ecological destruction, we need
to change the relationship between humanity and
nature to one that is ecologically responsive. I examine
how ecofeminist literature enables us to challenge the
hierarchical structure created by dualisms thereby
uprooting the current patriarchal oppressive system. It
reveals how an ethic of care approach can transcend
the modern patriarchal structures that have promoted
dominion over nature and contextually and narratively
recreate the human and nature relationship. The value
of this research lies in the fact that central to an ethic
of care is the respect and care for all earthly beings, an
ethic which listens to, and is responsive to the diversity of all ‘environmental voices’
