LEADER 04060oam 2200589I 450 001 9910793512603321 005 20190612083236.0 010 $a0-429-80823-2 010 $a0-429-44216-5 010 $a0-429-80822-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000008332204 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5779376 035 $a(OCoLC)1102581151 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1102581151 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9780429442162 035 $a(PPN)252358902 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008332204 100 $a20190528d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||unuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIndigenous, modern and postcolonial relations to nature $enegotiating the environment /$fAngela Roothaan 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (181 pages) 225 1 $aRoutledge environmental humanities 311 $a1-138-33777-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA world of motion and emergence : an outline of what's at stake -- Ending the othering of indigenous knowledge in philosophy and the ontological turn in cultural anthropology -- When the spirits were banned : Kant versus Swedenborg -- The return of (animal) spirits in the modern Western world -- Deconstructing or decolonizing the human-animal divide -- Vital force : a Belgico-African missionary's spirited philosophy -- Decolonizing nature : the case of the mourning elephants -- Spirited trees : negotiating secular, religious and traditionalist frameworks -- Blurred, spirited and touched : from 'the study of man' to an anim(al)istic anthropology. 330 $aIndigenous, Modern and Postcolonial Relations to Nature contributes to the young field of intercultural philosophy by introducing the perspective of critical and postcolonial thinkers who have focused on systematic racism, power relations and the intersection of cultural identity and political struggle. Angela Roothaan discusses how initiatives to tackle environmental problems cross-nationally are often challenged by economic growth processes in postcolonial nations and further complicated by fights for land rights and self-determination of indigenous peoples. For these peoples, survival requires countering the scramble for resources and clashing with environmental organizations that aim to bring their lands under their own control. The author explores the epistemological and ontological clashes behind these problems. This volume brings more awareness of what structurally obstructs open exchange in philosophy world-wide, and shows that with respect to nature, we should first negotiate what the environment is to us humans, beyond cultural differences. It demonstrates how a globalizing philosophical discourse can fully include epistemological claims of spirit ontologies, while critically investigating the exclusive claim to knowledge of modern science and philosophy. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental philosophy, cultural anthropology, intercultural philosophy and postcolonial and critical theory. 410 0$aRoutledge environmental humanities. 606 $aEthnoecology 606 $aIndigenous peoples$xLand tenure 606 $aGlobalization$xEnvironmental aspects$zDeveloping countries 606 $aEnvironmental protection$zDeveloping countries 606 $aSelf-determination, National$zDeveloping countries 606 $aPostcolonialism$zDeveloping countries 615 0$aEthnoecology. 615 0$aIndigenous peoples$xLand tenure. 615 0$aGlobalization$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aEnvironmental protection 615 0$aSelf-determination, National 615 0$aPostcolonialism 676 $a304.2 700 $aRoothaan$b A. C. M$g(Angela C. M.),$01558236 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793512603321 996 $aIndigenous, modern and postcolonial relations to nature$93822459 997 $aUNINA