Chinnagounder's challenge : the question of ecological citizenship / / Deane Curtin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828595203321
• Autore: Curtin Deane W
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c1999
• ISBN: 9786612062858; 1-282-06285-9; 0-253-10907-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Disciplina: 179/.1
• Soggetti: Environmental ethics; Postcolonialism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-211) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Turning South; 2 The British Utilitarians and the Invention of the Third World; 3 War and Peace: The Politics of Agricultural Modernization; 4 Gandhian Legacies: Indigenous Resistance to Development in Contemporary India and Mexico; 5 Recognizing Women's Environmental Expertise; 6 Callicott's Land Ethic; 7 A State of Mind like Water: Ecosophy T and the Buddhist Traditions; 8 Ecological Feminism and the Place of Caring; 9 Democratic Discourse in a Morally Pluralistic World; 10 Putting Down Roots: Ecocommunities and the Practice of Freedom; Notes; References; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: When Indiana centenarian Chinnagounder asked Deane Curtin about his interest in traditional medicine, Curtin wondered whether it was possible for the industrialized world to interact with native cultures for reasons other than to exploit them, develop them, and eradicate their traditional practices. The answer, according to Curtin, defines the ethical character of what we typically call 'progress', and he articulates a response to Chinnagounder's challenge in terms of a new, distinctly postcolonial, environmental ethic.