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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789297603321

Titolo

Environmental philosophy in Asian traditions of thought / / edited by J. Baird Callicott and James McRae ; Hiroshi Abe [and thirteen others], contributors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, New York : , : State University of New York Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4384-5202-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (442 p.)

Disciplina

179/.1095

Soggetti

Environmental sciences - Asia - Philosophy

Environmentalism - Asia - Philosophy

Environmental ethics - Asia

Philosophy, Asian

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Environmental Philosophy in Asian Traditions of Thought""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Notes""; ""Section I: Environmental Philosophy in Indian Traditions of Thought""; ""Chapter 1: Environment and Environmental Philosophy in India""; ""India in Western Environmental Thought""; ""Nature in the Hindu Religious Traditions""; ""Gandhi on the Environment""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 2: Ātman, Identity, and Emanation: Arguments for a Hindu Environmental Ethic""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Three Arguments for a Hindu Environmental Ethic""

""3. Objections to the Ātman Argument""""4. Objections to the Identity Argument""; ""5. Objections to the Emanation Argument""; ""6. An Alternative to the Ātman, Identity, and Emanation Arguments""; ""7. Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Primary Sanskrit Sources""; ""Edited Volumes of Sanskrit Texts""; ""Secondary Sources""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 3: Gandhi�s Contributions to Environmental Thought and Action""; ""Lal and Gandhi�s Ecological Vision of Life""; ""Non-Violence and Non-Cooperation""; ""Simple Living in Place of Consumerism""



""Inappropriate Production and Appropriate Technology""""Decentralization Rather than Globalization""; ""From Local Economies to Chipko""; ""Gandhi�s Proposal for Self-Reliant Villages""; ""Gandhi�s Biocentric Perspective""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 4: Acting with Compassion: Buddhism, Feminism, and the Environmental Crisis""; ""Introduction""; ""Environmentally Relevant Principles of Buddhism and Feminism""; ""Experiential Knowing""; ""Examining the Conditioned Mind""; ""The Truth of Interrelatedness""; ""Emotional Energy as Source of Healing""; ""Relational Ethics""

""The Role of Community""""A Few Possible Limitations""; ""Egocentrism as Central Concept""; ""Power Relations Analysis""; ""Social Ethics and Engaged Practice""; ""Examples of Buddhist Feminist Environmental Work""; ""Research and Theory""; ""Environmental Activism""; ""Environmental Education""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 5: Against Holism: Rethinking Buddhist Environmental Ethics""; ""1.""; ""2.""; ""3.""; ""4.""; ""5.""; ""6.""; ""7.""; ""8.""; ""9.""; ""References""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 6: Causation and �Telos�: The Problem of Buddhist Environmental Ethics""

""Conclusion""""Notes""; ""Section II: Environmental Philosophy in Chinese Traditions of Thought""; ""Chapter 7: The Relevance of Chinese Neo-Confucianism for the Reverence of Nature""; ""Attitudinal Changes Toward Nature""; ""The Chinese Tradition: Nature in Neo-Confucian Thought""; ""The Development of the Confucian Tradition""; ""Naturalistic Cosmology of Neo-Confucianism""; ""The Ethics of Self-Cultivation""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 8: Beyond Naturalism: A Reconstruction of Daoist Environmental Ethics""; ""I.""; ""II.""; ""III.""; ""A. The Natural Law Theory""

""B. The “Human as Artificial� School""