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

• Pubblicazione: Albany, New York : , : State University of New York Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (442 p.)
• Disciplina: 179/.1095
• Soggetto topico: Environmental sciences - Asia - Philosophy; Environmentalism - Asia - Philosophy; Environmental ethics - Asia; Philosophy, Asian
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): CallicottJ. Baird; McRaeJames <1976->; GanelesDiane; KenestonFran; AbeHiroshi <1941->
• 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: Ä€tman, Identity, and Emanation: Arguments for a Hindu Environmental Ethic""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Three Arguments for a Hindu Environmental Ethic"" ; ""3. Objections to the Ä€tman Argument""""4. Objections to the Identity Argument""; ""5. Objections to the Emanation Argument""; ""6. An Alternative to the Ä€tman, Identity, and Emanation Arguments""; ""7. Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Primary Sanskrit Sources""; ""Edited Volumes of Sanskrit Texts""; ""Secondary Sources""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 3: Gandhiâ€?s Contributions to Environmental Thought and Action""; ""Lal and Gandhiâ€?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""; ""Gandhiâ€?s Proposal for Self-Reliant Villages""; ""Gandhiâ€?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 â€?Telosâ€?: 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 Artificialâ€? School""
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmental philosophy in Asian traditions of thought
• ISBN: 1-4384-5202-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464663203321
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