Ebook: Nature Across Cultures: Views of Nature and the Environment in Non-Western Cultures

Nature Across Cultures: Views of Nature and the Environment in Non-Western Cultures consists of about 25 essays dealing with the environmental knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Thai, and Andean views of nature and the environment, among others, the book includes essays on Environmentalism and Images of the Other, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Worldviews and Ecology, Rethinking the Western/non-Western Divide, and Landscape, Nature, and Culture. The essays address the connections between nature and culture and relate the environmental practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both environmental history and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.

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Nature Across Cultures: Views of Nature and the Environment in Non-Western Cultures consists of about 25 essays dealing with the environmental knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Thai, and Andean views of nature and the environment, among others, the book includes essays on Environmentalism and Images of the Other, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Worldviews and Ecology, Rethinking the Western/non-Western Divide, and Landscape, Nature, and Culture. The essays address the connections between nature and culture and relate the environmental practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both environmental history and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.

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Nature Across Cultures: Views of Nature and the Environment in Non-Western Cultures consists of about 25 essays dealing with the environmental knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Thai, and Andean views of nature and the environment, among others, the book includes essays on Environmentalism and Images of the Other, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Worldviews and Ecology, Rethinking the Western/non-Western Divide, and Landscape, Nature, and Culture. The essays address the connections between nature and culture and relate the environmental practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both environmental history and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Environmentalism and Images of the Other....Pages 1-17
The Global Mobilization of Environmental Concepts: Re-Thinking the Western/Non-Western Divide....Pages 19-46
Variation and Uniformity in the Construction of Biological Knowledge Across Cultures....Pages 47-74
Local Understandings of the Land: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous Knowledge....Pages 75-96
Landscape, Nature, and Culture: A Diachronic Model of Human-Nature Adaptations....Pages 97-114
Worldviews and Ecology: The Interaction of Cosmology and Cultivation....Pages 115-127
The Spirit(S) of Conservation in Buddhist Thailand....Pages 129-145
Indian Perspectives on Naturalism....Pages 147-159
Japanese Views of Nature and the Environment....Pages 161-183
Winds, Waters, and Earth Energies: Fengshui and Sense of Place....Pages 185-209
The Perception of Nature and the Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 211-228
Knowing Country: Indigenous Australians and the Land....Pages 229-243
Both Sides of the Beach: Knowledges of Nature in Oceania....Pages 245-275
Native Views of the Environment in Amazonia....Pages 277-288
Central Andean Views of Nature and the Environment....Pages 289-310
Nature Doesn’t Come as Clean as We Can Think It”: Dene, Inuit, Scientists, Nature and Environment in the Canadian North....Pages 311-327
We are the Land: Native American Views of Nature....Pages 329-349
Buddhist Views of Nature and the Environment....Pages 351-371
Confucian Views of Nature....Pages 373-392
Daoism and Nature....Pages 393-409
Hindu Views of Nature and the Environment....Pages 411-419
Nature and Culture: An Islamic Perspective....Pages 421-432
Judaism, Israel, and Natural Resources: Models and Practices....Pages 433-456
Back Matter....Pages 457-482

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Nature Across Cultures: Views of Nature and the Environment in Non-Western Cultures consists of about 25 essays dealing with the environmental knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Thai, and Andean views of nature and the environment, among others, the book includes essays on Environmentalism and Images of the Other, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Worldviews and Ecology, Rethinking the Western/non-Western Divide, and Landscape, Nature, and Culture. The essays address the connections between nature and culture and relate the environmental practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both environmental history and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Environmentalism and Images of the Other....Pages 1-17
The Global Mobilization of Environmental Concepts: Re-Thinking the Western/Non-Western Divide....Pages 19-46
Variation and Uniformity in the Construction of Biological Knowledge Across Cultures....Pages 47-74
Local Understandings of the Land: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous Knowledge....Pages 75-96
Landscape, Nature, and Culture: A Diachronic Model of Human-Nature Adaptations....Pages 97-114
Worldviews and Ecology: The Interaction of Cosmology and Cultivation....Pages 115-127
The Spirit(S) of Conservation in Buddhist Thailand....Pages 129-145
Indian Perspectives on Naturalism....Pages 147-159
Japanese Views of Nature and the Environment....Pages 161-183
Winds, Waters, and Earth Energies: Fengshui and Sense of Place....Pages 185-209
The Perception of Nature and the Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 211-228
Knowing Country: Indigenous Australians and the Land....Pages 229-243
Both Sides of the Beach: Knowledges of Nature in Oceania....Pages 245-275
Native Views of the Environment in Amazonia....Pages 277-288
Central Andean Views of Nature and the Environment....Pages 289-310
Nature Doesn’t Come as Clean as We Can Think It”: Dene, Inuit, Scientists, Nature and Environment in the Canadian North....Pages 311-327
We are the Land: Native American Views of Nature....Pages 329-349
Buddhist Views of Nature and the Environment....Pages 351-371
Confucian Views of Nature....Pages 373-392
Daoism and Nature....Pages 393-409
Hindu Views of Nature and the Environment....Pages 411-419
Nature and Culture: An Islamic Perspective....Pages 421-432
Judaism, Israel, and Natural Resources: Models and Practices....Pages 433-456
Back Matter....Pages 457-482
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