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Chinese environmental ethics : religions, ontologies, and practices / edited by Mayfair Yang

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Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]
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1 online resource : color illustrations
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Yang, Mayfair Mei-hui
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Contents
Introduction -- Part I: Exploring Non-anthropocentric Ontologies and Negotiating Secular/Religious Boundaries -- Chapter 1: Rethinking Ontology with Equality of Life1 -- Chapter 2: Buddhist Environmentalism and Civic Engagement in Secular Shanghai -- Part II: Sacred Sites and Fengshui Landscapes -- Chapter 3: Fengshui and Sustainability: Debating Livelihoods in the Qing Dynasty -- Chapter 4: Grave Matters: Geomancy and Neo-Confucian Resistance to Grave-Removal in Central China -- Part III: Sentient Beings -- Chapter 5: The Non-Anthropocentricity of Dreaming in Late Classical and Medieval China* -- Chapter 6: A Syncretic Innovation in Chinese Buddhism: Animal Release Rituals in New York City -- Part IV: Utility or Sacrality? -- Chapter 7: The "Ecological Forest of Daoism" in Minqin County, Gansu Province -- Chapter 8: Homo Arborealus: The Intermeshing of Regimes of Tree-Mindedness -- Index -- Contributors' Biographies.
Summary
"A significant advance in the field of Chinese environmental anthropology, the outstanding scholars in this volume provide a unique and much needed contribution to the scholarship on China and the environment"--
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9781538156490 electronic book
1538156490 electronic book
9781538156483 hardcover
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Endowment Note
Mary C. and Paul B. Hood Libraries Endowment for Environmental Studies
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