Asian Perceptions of Nature

A Critical Approach
1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-7007-0290-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 410 g

This highly acclaimed, 'bold and refreshing' collection of essays takes a critical look at Asians' perception of their natural environments as well as at Western views of Asia in this respect.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bruun, Ole

Kalland, Arne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Images of Nature, Ole Bruun, Arne Kalland; Chapter 2 Socio-Political Structures and the Southeast Asian Ecosystem, J. Kathirithamby-Wells; Chapter 3 Sacred Trees and Haunted Forests in Indonesia, Peter Boomgaards; Chapter 4 Taming Nature – Controlling Fertility, Stephen Sparkes; Chapter 5 Thinking through Nature in Highland Nepal, Graham E. Clarke; Chapter 6 State Intervention and Community Protest, Are Knudsen; Chapter 7 Nature in the Kalasha Perception of Life, Birgitte Glavind Sperber; Chapter 8 Nature as the Virgin Forest, Klas Sandell; Chapter 9 Fengshui and the Chinese Perception of Nature, Ole Bruun; Chapter 10 The Japanese Attitude to Nature, S. N. Eisenstadt; Chapter 11 Japanese Advertising Nature, Brian Moeran, Lise Skov; Chapter 12 Culture in Japanese Nature, Arne Kalland; Chapter 13 Nature, Religion and Cultural Identity, Poul Pedersen;

Über Autor(innen)

Authored by Bruun, Ole; Kalland, Arne