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Ecology is permanent economy : the activism and environmental philosophy of Sunderlal Bahuguna / George A. James.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- James, George Alfred, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bahuguna, Sunderlal, 1927-2021.
- Bahuguna, Sunderlal.
- Environmentalists--India--Biography.
- Environmentalists.
- Environmentalism--Philosophy--India.
- Environmentalism.
- Chipko movement.
- Tehri Dam (India).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explores the nonviolent philosophy and environmental activism of India's Sunderlal Bahuguna.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 The Encounter""; ""Chapter 2 The Childhood of an Activist""; ""Chapter 3 Going Underground""; ""Chapter 4 The Short Career of an Activist Politician""; ""Chapter 5 Meeting Mira Behn""; ""Chapter 6 Marriage and the Parvatiya Navjeevan Ashram""; ""Chapter 7 Embracing the Trees""; ""Chapter 8 Modes of Chipko Resistance""; ""Chapter 9 A Permanent Economy""; ""Chapter 10 Chipko Ecology: Shallow or Deep?""; ""Chapter 11 Srinagar to Kohima: An Educational Mission""; ""Chapter 12 Protesting the Tehri Dam""
- ""Chapter 13 Social Ecology, Religion, and the Tehri Protest""""The Dam and the Hindu Right""; ""The Rising Tide and the Judgment of the Supreme Court""; ""Chapter 14 Against the Tide: Bahuguna�s Philosophy of Life, Religion, and Nature""; ""Bahuguna and Gandhi""; ""Bahuguna, Gandhi, and Ecology""; ""Bahuguna and Indian Spirituality""; ""Appendix 1 Some Critical Dates in the History of Modern India and the Activism of Sunderlal Bahuguna""; ""Appendix 2 Arguments of the Petitioners in the Public Interest Litigation against the Tehri Dam""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781461935407
- 1461935407
- 9781438446745
- 1438446748
- OCLC:
- 853454277
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