Ancient Futures

Informationen zum Autor Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC) and its predecessor, the Ladakh Project. She is the author of Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh and co-author of Bringing the Food Economy Home . Her articles have appeared in numerous journals such as The Ecologist , Resurgence , and YES! magazine. Norberg- Hodge's ground-breaking work in the Himalayan region of Ladakh is internationally recognized, and earned her the Right Livelihood Award. Klappentext Ladakh, or 'Little Tibet', is a wildly beautiful desert land up in the Western Himalayas. Passionately argued, it raises important questions about the whole notion of progress, and explores the root causes of the malaise of industrial society. At the same time, the story of Ladakh serves as a source of inspiration for our own future. Zusammenfassung Ladakh, or 'Little Tibet', is a wildly beautiful desert land up in the Western Himalayas. Passionately argued, it raises important questions about the whole notion of progress, and explores the root causes of the malaise of industrial society. At the same time, the story of Ladakh serves as a source of inspiration for our own future.

Product details

• Authors: Helena Norberg Hodge Hodge, Helena Norberg-Hodge
• Publisher: Rider
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.04.2000
• EAN: 9780712606561
• ISBN: 978-0-7126-0656-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning; RELIGION / Ancient, RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan, Travel & holiday, Indigenous Peoples, the Himalayas, Social and cultural anthropology, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, c 1990 to c 1999, Tibetan Buddhism, Ancient religions and Mythologies, Jammu and Kashmir, Indigenous, ethnic and folk religions and spiritual beliefs, Cross-cultural / Intercultural studies and topics, RELIGION / Indigenous / General