Helaine Selin

Nature Across Cultures: Views of Nature and the Environment in Non-Western Cultures - Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science Helaine Selin 2003 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Acknowledgements. About the Authors. Introduction; H. Selin. 1. Environmentalism and Images of the Other; A. Kalland. 2. The Global Mobilization of Environmental Concepts: Re-Thinking the Western/Non-Western Divide M. Dove, M. T. Campos, A. S. Mathews, L. J. Meitzner Yoder, A. Rademacher, Suk Bae Rhee, D. S. Smith. 3. Variation and Uniformity in the Construction of Biological Knowledge across Cultures; R. Ellen. 4. Local Understandings of the Land: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous Knowledge; R. C. Dudgeon, F. Berkes. 5. Landscape, Nature, and Culture: A Diachronic Model of Human Nature Adaptations; R. Stoffle, R. Toupal, N. Zedeno. 6. Worldviews and Ecology; M. E. Tucker. 7. The Spirit(s) of Conservation in Buddhist Thailand; S. M. Darlington. 8. Indian Perspectives on Naturalism; D. P. Chattopadhyaya. 9. Japanese Views of Nature and the Environment; J. A. Tucker. 10. Winds, Waters, and Earth Energies: Fengshui and Awareness of Place; G. Parkes. 11. The Perception of Nature and the Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa; J. Kesby. 12. Knowing Country: Indigenous Australians and the Land; J. L. Kohen. 13. Both Sides of the Beach: Knowledges of Nature in Oceania; E. Hviding. 14. Native Views of the Environment in Amazonia; W. Balee. 15. Central Andean Views of Nature and the Environment; D. L. Browman. 16. 'Nature Doesn't Come as Clean as We Can Think It': Dene, Inuit, Scientists, Nature and Environment in the Canadian North; E. Bielawski. 17. We Are the Land: Native American Views of Nature; A. L. Booth. 18. Buddhist Views of Nature and the Environment; L. Sponsel, P. Natadecha-Sponsel. 19. Confucian Views of Nature. J. Berthrong. 20. Daoism and Nature; J. Miller. 21. Hindu Views of Nature and the Environment; H. Coward. 22. Nature and Culture: An Islamic Perspective; S. Parvez Manzoor. 23. Judaism, Israel, and Natural Resources: Models and Practices; J. K. Guelke. Index." Review Citations:

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