Hinduism and ecology : the intersection of earth, sky, and water /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, MA : Distributed by Harvard University Press for the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School, c2000. |
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| Description: | xlix, 600 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religions of the world and ecology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4377186 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Series Foreword
- Introduction
- The Cultural Underpinnings: Traditional Hindu Concepts of Nature
- Dharmic Ecology
- The Five Great Elements (Pañcamahabhuta): An Ecological Perspective
- Nature Romanticism and Sacrifice in Rgvedic Interpretation
- State Responsibility for Environmental Management: Perspectives from Hindu Texts on Polity
- Literary Foundations for an Ecological Aesthetic: Dharma, Ayurveda, the Arts, and Abhijñanasakuntalam
- Reading the Bhagavadgita from an Ecological Perspective
- Can Hindu Beliefs and Values Help India Meet Its Ecological Crisis?
- Gandhian Philosophy and the Development of an Indigenous Indian Environmental Ethic
- Too Deep for Deep Ecology: Gandhi and the Ecological Vision of Life
- The Inner Logic of Gandhian Ecology
- Forests in Classic Texts and Traditions
- The Natural History of the Ramayana
- City, Forest, and Cosmos: Ecological Perspectives from the Sanskrit Epics
- "Sacred Grove" and Ecology: Ritual and Science
- "If You Cut a Branch You Cut My Finger": Court, Forest, and Environmental Ethics in Rajasthan
- Flowing Sacrality and Risking Profanity: The Yamuna, Ga'nga, and Narmada Rivers
- River of Love in an Age of Pollution
- Separate Domains: Hinduism, Politics, and Environmental Pollution
- The Narmada: Circumambulation of a Sacred Landscape
- Sacred Rivers, Sacred Dams: Competing Visions of Social Justice and Sustainable Development along the Narmada
- Green and Red, Not Saffron: Gender and the Politics of Resistance in the Narmada Valley
- Can Hindu Text and Ritual Practice Help Develop Environmental Conscience?
- Rituals of Embedded Ecologies: Drawing Kolams, Marrying Trees, and Generating Auspiciousness
- The Ritual Capsule of Durga Puja: An Ecological Perspective
- Ethical and Religious Dimensions of Chipko Resistance
- Appendix 1.
- Appendix 2.
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
