A natureza é mulher: a natureza ante o sujeito moderno na perspectiva de Marcuse

Abstract

This paper will develop the hypothesis that the hostile relationship of modern society with nature is influenced and reinforced by the patriarchal culture that understands nature as a woman who is susceptible to all types ofviolence. The main reference will be texts by the philosopher Herbert Marcuse which address the notion of male and female, as well as those by some authors who have de alt with the issue of gender in relation to sociocultural behaviors. We conclude that modern subjectivity came from a masculine character on which it has influence do relationship with nature.