Ecologies of the heart [[electronic resource] ] : emotion, belief, and the environment / / E.N. Anderson

• Autore: Anderson Eugene N (Eugene Newton), <1941->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.717; 363.7; 574.5
• Soggetto topico: Environmental policy; Environmental protection; Human ecology; Environmental sciences - Philosophy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 1996.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-233) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1. Landscape with Figures; 2. Feng-shui: Ideology and Ecology; 3. Chinese Nutritional Therapy; 4. Learning from the Land Otter: Religious Representation of Traditional Resource Management; 5. Managing the Rainforest: Maya Agriculture in the Town of the Wild Plums; 6. Needs and Human Nature; 7. Information Processing: Rational and Irrational Transcended; 8. Culture: Ecology in a Wider Context; 9. In and Out of Institutions; 10. The Disenchanted: Religion as Ecological Control, and Its Modern Fate; 11. A Summary, and Some Suggestions; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H ; IJ; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: In Ecologies of the Heart, Anderson reveals how religion and other folk beliefs helped pre-industrial peoples control and protect their resources. He also presents a coherent view of long-term, sustainable policies for the environment.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ecologies of the heart
• ISBN: 0-19-756061-X; 1-280-52747-1; 0-19-535818-X; 1-4294-1548-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451148103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.