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    Discursive dissection : this thesis questions the links between animal use in the West, genetic engineering and the patenting of living organisms : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Master of Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University
    (Massey University, 2004) Dyson, Colleen Gaye
    Is another paradigm possible? A 21 st Century praxis where values are not based primarily on economics, but on the wider spiritual values that sustain and nurture all creatures and the natural world. Can we stop the commodification of everything, even the essence of life itself, the DNA, the cell-lines, stem cells, our genes and the genetic makeup of all life-forms? I wish to bring an eco-feminist analysis to these discussions which will provide the standpoint from which to critique patriarchy's oppression and perceptions of women, non-human animals and the environment. The patriarchal construction of knowledge is examined as it is situated in the colonial and post-colonial periods in Aotearoa New Zealand. Included also, is a critique of capitalism as the pervading global nee-liberal economic system, incorporating historic events such as colonisation, the Industrial Revolution and the rise of western reductionist science. This is positioned against the historical epistemological backdrop of the main prevailing attitudes to the natural world (the environment) and our relationships with other nonhuman animal species on earth. Included are the relevant aspects of the worldviews of indigenous peoples including Maori, the religious standpoints of Christian, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist. The ideological discourses of neo-liberal capitalism, western reductionist science, modernist development and spiritual eco-feminism are also examined.