Environmental Philosophy in Asian Traditions of Thought

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Seminal essays on environmental philosophy from Indian, Chinese, and Japanese traditions of thought.Environmental Philosophy in Asian Traditions of Thought provides a welcome sequel to the foundational volume in Asian environmental ethics Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought. That volume, edited by J. Baird Callicott and Roger T. Ames and published in 1989, inaugurated comparative environmental ethics, adding Asian thought on the natural world to the developing field of environmental philosophy. This new book, edited by Callicott and James McRae, includes some of the best articles in environmental philosophy from the perspective of Asian thought written more recently, some of which appear in print for the first time.Leading scholars draw from the Indian, Chinese, and Japanese traditions of thought to provide a normative ethical framework that can address the environmental challenges being faced in the twenty-first century. Hindu, Buddhist, Confucian, and Daoist approaches are considered along with those of Zen, Japanese Confucianism, and the contemporary philosophy of the Kyoto School. An investigation of environmental philosophy in these Asian traditions not only challenges Western assumptions, but also provides an understanding of Asian philosophy, religion, and culture that informs contemporary environmental law and policy.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-05-01
Mått152 x 229 x 28 mm
Vikt753 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor440
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9781438452012

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J. Baird Callicott is University Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Texas and author and editor of many books, including Beyond the Land Ethic: More Essays in Environmental Philosophy, also published by SUNY Press. James McRae is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Westminster College in Missouri. He is the coeditor (with Robert Arp and Adam Barkman) of The Philosophy of Ang Lee.

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionSection I: Environmental Philosophy in Indian Traditions of Thought 1. Environment and Environmental Philosophy in IndiaGeorge Alfred James2. Ātman, Identity, and Emanation: Arguments for a Hindu Environmental EthicChristopher Framarin3. Gandhi’s Contributions to Environmental Thought and ActionBart Gruzalski4. Acting with Compassion: Buddhism, Feminism, and the Environmental CrisisStephanie Kaza5. Against Holism: Rethinking Buddhist Environmental EthicsSimon P. James6. Causation and ‘Telos’: The Problem of Buddhist Environmental EthicsIan HarrisSection II: Environmental Philosophy in Chinese Traditions of Thought 7. The Relevance of Chinese Neo-Confucianism for the Reverence of NatureMary Evelyn Tucker8. Beyond Naturalism: A Reconstruction of Daoist Environmental EthicsR. P. Peerenboom 9. Conceptual Foundations for Environmental Ethics: A Daoist PerspectiveKaryn L. Lai10. Process Ecology and the ‘Ideal’ DaoAlan Fox11. The Viability (Dao) and Virtuosity (De) of Daoist Ecology: Reversion (Fu) as RenewalSandra A. Wawrytko12. Ecology, Aesthetics, and Daoist Body CultivationJames MillerSection III: Environmental Philosophy in Japanese Traditions of Thought 13. The Japanese Concept of Nature in Relation to Environmental Ethics and Conservation Aesthetics of Aldo LeopoldSteve Odin14. Dōgen, Deep Ecology, and the Ecological SelfDeane Curtin15. Conservation Ethics and the Japanese Intellectual TraditionDavid Edward Shaner and R. Shannon Duval16. From Symbiosis (Kyōsei) to the Ontology of ‘Arising Both from Oneself and from Another’ (Gūshō)Hiroshi Abe17. The Confucian Environmental Ethics of Ogyū Sorai: A Three-Level, Eco-humanistic InterpretationTomosaburō Yamauchi18. Triple-Negation: Watsuji Tetsurō on the Sustainability of Ecosystems, Economies, and International PeaceJames McRaeAfterword: Recontextualizing the Self in Comparative Environmental PhilosophyJ. Baird CallicottContributorsIndex