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, competi...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken
Taylor and Francis
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge Contemporary China Series
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| Further subjects: | B
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Religion and Ecological Sustainability in China: |
| 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. The book develops a comprehensive understanding of contemporary China that goes beyond the tradition/ modernity dichotomy, and i |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 0415855152 |