Chinese Environmental Ethics - Religions, Ontologies, and Practices

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.

List of contents

I. Introduction
By Prof. Mayfair Yang (Religious Studies/East Asian Studies, U.C. Santa Barbara)
II. Exploring Non-Anthropocentric Ontologies
Chapter 1: Protecting Life in Taiwan: Can the Rights of Nature Protect all Sentient Beings?
By Jeffrey Nicolaisen (Duke Kunshan University, China)
III. The Sacralization of Trees and Forests
Chapter 2: From Mission to Economy: The Vicissitudes of Daoist Ecological Forests in Minqin County, Gansu Province
By Der-Rui Yang (Anthropology, Nanjing University, China)
Chapter 3: Homo Arborealus: The Intermeshing of Regimes of Tree-Mindedness
By Adam Chau (East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, U.K.)
IV. Sentient Beings: Engaging with Animals and Divinities in Dreams and Rituals
Chapter 4: The Non-Anthropocentricity of Dreaming in Late Classical and Medieval China
By Robert Ford Campany (Asian Studies & Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University)
Chapter 5: Releasing Animals for Buddhist Merit in the Context of Science and Ecology
By Dedong Wei (Institute of Theoretical Buddhist & Religious Studies, Renmin University, China)
V. Sacred Sites and Fengshui Landscapes
Chapter 6: Fengshui and Livelihoods: Debating Sustainability in the Qing Dynasty
By Tristan Brown (History, M.I.T.)
Chapter 7: Grave Matters: The Confucian Campaign against Tomb-Removal
By Yongjia Liang (Sociology, National University of Singapore / Zhejiang University, China)
VI. Negotiating the Divides Between the Secular-Religious and Culture-Nature
Chapter 8: Buddhist Environmentalism and Civic Engagement in Secular Shanghai
By Weishan Huang (Cultural & Religious Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong)

About the author

Edited by Mayfair Yang

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.

Product details

• Authors: Mayfair Yang
• Assisted by: Yang Mayfair Yang (Editor), Mayfair Yang (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781538156506
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-5650-6
• No. of pages: 278
• Series: Chinese Environmental Ethics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Anthropology, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & cultural anthropology, Ethics & moral philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, East Asian & Indian philosophy