Religion and ecological sustainability in China
"This book sheds light on the social imagination of nature and environment in contemporary China. It demonstrates how the urgent debate on how to create an ecologically sustainable future for the world's most populous country is shaped by its complex engagement with religious traditions, c...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
London [u.a.]
Routledge
2014
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In: |
Routledge contemporary China series (119)
Year: 2014 |
Series/Journal: | Routledge contemporary China series
119 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Religion
/ Religious geography
/ Social ecology
/ Sustainable development
/ Ethics
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Further subjects: | B
Religion
Social aspects
B Nature Social aspects (China) B Human Ecology China B Religion Social aspects China B Nature Social aspects China B Human Ecology B Sustainability (China) B Human Ecology (China) B Religion Social aspects (China) B Nature Social aspects B SOCIAL SCIENCE / Generals / Ethnic Studies B Sustainability China B Conference program 2012 (Peking) |
Summary: | "This book sheds light on the social imagination of nature and environment in contemporary China. It demonstrates how the urgent debate on how to create an ecologically sustainable future for the world's most populous country is shaped by its complex engagement with religious traditions, competing visions of modernity and globalization, and by engagement with minority nationalities who live in areas of outstanding natural beauty on China's physical and social margins"-- "This book sheds light on the social imagination of nature and environment in contemporary China. It demonstrates how the urgent debate on how to create an ecologically sustainable future for the world's most populous country is shaped by its complex engagement with religious traditions, competing visions of modernity and globalization, and by engagement with minority nationalities who live in areas of outstanding natural beauty on China's physical and social margins. The book develops a comprehensive understanding of contemporary China that goes beyond the tradition/ modernity dichotomy, and illuminates the diversity of narratives and worldviews that inform contemporary Chinese understandings of and engagements with nature and environment"-- |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index First issued in paperback 2017 |
ISBN: | 1138079286 |