Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part I Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Shamanism; At the Articulation of Nature and Artifice: The Rite; Nature and Culture in Tibetan Philosophy; Allah, Saints and Men in Islam: Diverging Conceptions of Nature in Theology, Mysticism and Law; Variations in Shamanist Siberia; Part II Himalayan Case Studies; To Be More Natural than Others: Indigenous Self-determination and Hinduism in the Himalayas; Subjectivity and Governance in the Himalayan Environment
Political Aspects of the Territorial Cult among the Mewahang Rai'Wilderness of the Civilization': Knowledge and Perception of the Jad Pastoral Community; Love and Vengeance in Indus Kohistan; Conceptions on Tibetan Relics; Plant Growth Processes and Animal Health in Northwest Yunnan; Terrace Cultivation and Mental Landscapes in Southern Yunnan; The Sacred Confluence, Between Nature and Culture; Contributors; Index