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Existential symbiosis and the interrelatedness of species are fundamental concepts of ecological philosophy. As Karen J. Warren has stressed, “ecofeminism is a contextualist ethic. … Ecofeminism makes a central place for values of care, love, friendship, trust, and appropriate reciprocity—values that presuppose that our relationships to others are central to our understanding of who we are” (1990: 141-3). Ecofeminism contends that it is in relationships with others, human and nonhuman, that our identity is formed.
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Kostkowska, J. (2013). Hotel World: A Symbiotic Narrative Space. In: Ecocriticism and Women Writers. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137349095_8
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