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Environmental philosophy in Asian traditions of thought / edited by J. Baird Callicott and James McRae ; Hiroshi Abe [and thirteen others], contributors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental sciences--Asia--Philosophy.
- Environmental sciences.
- Environmentalism--Asia--Philosophy.
- Environmentalism.
- Environmental ethics--Asia.
- Environmental ethics.
- Philosophy, Asian.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (442 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Seminal essays on environmental philosophy from Indian, Chinese, and Japanese traditions of thought.
- Contents:
- ""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""
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781438452029
- 1438452020
- OCLC:
- 874029295
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