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Chinese Environmental Ethics : Religions, Ontologies, and Practices by Mayfair Yang (2023, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-101538156504
ISBN-139781538156506
eBay Product ID (ePID)26061953056
Product Key Features
Number of Pages278 Pages
Publication NameChinese Environmental Ethics : Religions, Ontologies, and Practices
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEnvironmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General
Publication Year2023
TypeTextbook
AuthorMayfair Yang
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Social Science, Science
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal179.10951
Table Of ContentI. Introduction By Prof. Mayfair Yang (Religious Studies/East Asian Studies, U.C. Santa Barbara) II. Exploring Non-Anthropocentric Ontologies Chapter 1: Protecting Life in Taiwan: Can the Rights of Nature Protect all Sentient Beings? By Jeffrey Nicolaisen (Duke Kunshan University, China) III. The Sacralization of Trees and Forests Chapter 2: From Mission to Economy: The Vicissitudes of Daoist Ecological Forests in Minqin County, Gansu Province By Der-Rui Yang (Anthropology, Nanjing University, China) Chapter 3: Homo Arborealus: The Intermeshing of Regimes of Tree-Mindedness By Adam Chau (East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, U.K.) IV. Sentient Beings: Engaging with Animals and Divinities in Dreams and Rituals Chapter 4: The Non-Anthropocentricity of Dreaming in Late Classical and Medieval China By Robert Ford Campany (Asian Studies & Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University) Chapter 5: Releasing Animals for Buddhist Merit in the Context of Science and Ecology By Dedong Wei (Institute of Theoretical Buddhist & Religious Studies, Renmin University, China) V. Sacred Sites and Fengshui Landscapes Chapter 6: Fengshui and Livelihoods: Debating Sustainability in the Qing Dynasty By Tristan Brown (History, M.I.T.) Chapter 7: Grave Matters: The Confucian Campaign against Tomb-Removal By Yongjia Liang (Sociology, National University of Singapore / Zhejiang University, China) VI. Negotiating the Divides Between the Secular-Religious and Culture-Nature Chapter 8: Buddhist Environmentalism and Civic Engagement in Secular Shanghai By Weishan Huang (Cultural & Religious Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong)
SynopsisAn interdisciplinary collection in the new field of environmental humanities, this open access title brings together Chinese environmental ethics, religious ontology, and religious practice to explore how traditional Chinese religio-environmental ethics are actually put into social practice both in China's past and present. It also examines how Chinese religious teachings offer a wealth of resources to the environmental project of forging new ontologies for humans co-existing with other living beings. Different chapters examine how: Buddhist ontology avoids anthropocentrism, fengshui (Chinese geomancy) can help protect the landscape from economic development, popular religion organizes tree-planting, ancient dream interpretation practices avoided constructing the possessive individual subjectivity of modern consumerism, Buddhist rituals and ethics promoted compassion for animals and modern recycling, Confucian ancestor rituals and tombs have deterred industrial expansion, and also how Daoism's potential role to deter desertification in northern China was stymied by state operations in contemporary China. A significant advance in the field of Chinese environmental anthropology, the outstanding scholars in this volume provide a unique and much needed contribution to the scholarship on China and the environment. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UC Santa Barbara Confucius Institute, A significant advance in the field of Chinese environmental anthropology, the outstanding scholars in this volume provide a unique and much needed contribution to the scholarship on China and the environment., An interdisciplinary collection in the new field of environmental humanities, this volume brings together Chinese environmental ethics, religious ontology, and religious practice to explore how traditional Chinese religio-environmental ethics are actually put into social practice both in China's past and present. It also examines how Chinese religious teachings offer a wealth of resources to the environmental project of forging new ontologies for humans co-existing with other living beings. Different chapters examine how: Buddhist ontology avoids anthropocentrism, fengshui (Chinese geomancy) can help protect the landscape from economic development, popular religion organizes tree-planting, ancient dream interpretation practices avoided constructing the possessive individual subjectivity of modern consumerism, Buddhist rituals and ethics promoted compassion for animals and modern recycling, Confucian ancestor rituals and tombs have deterred industrial expansion, and also how Daoism's potential role to deter desertification in northern China was stymied by state operations in contemporary China. A significant advance in the field of Chinese environmental anthropology, the outstanding scholars in this volume provide a unique and much needed contribution to the scholarship on China and the environment.
LC Classification NumberGE42.C45 2023
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