Title Religion and ecological sustainability in China / edited by James Miller, Dan Smyer Yu and Peter van der Veer

Published London : Routledge, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 247 pages) : illustrations, maps, plan Series Routledge contemporary China series ; 119 Routledge contemporary China series ; 119 Contents Introduction : the diversity of eco-religious practice in China / Dan Smyer Yu, with James Miller and Peter van der Veer -- pt. 1. Ecology and the classics -- pt. 2. Imagining nature in modernity 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"-- Provided by publisher "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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Human ecology -- China. Nature -- Social aspects -- China Religion -- Social aspects -- China Sustainability -- China Human ecology. Nature -- Social aspects. Religion -- Social aspects. Sustainability. China. Form Electronic book Author Miller, James, 1968- Smyer Y?, Dan Veer, Peter van der. ISBN 020373954X 0415855152 1135008639 1135008647 1135008655 1138079286 9780203739549 9780415855150 9781135008635 9781135008642 9781135008659 9781138079281

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