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Author_Emma Tomalin
Big Green Gathering
Case Study
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comparative environmentalism
direct
discourse
ecological
EDA
environmental
environmental activism case studies
Environmental Direct Action Movement
environmental ethics
Environmental Issues
environmentalism
environmentalist
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Expressive Spiritualities
Ganga Action Plan
Ganga Ma
Hindu nationalism
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Postmaterialism Thesis
Preservationist Movement
primitive
Primitive Ecological Wisdom
Public Engagement
Rainbow Family
Rainbow Gathering
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Religiocultural Tradition
religion and ecology
religious
Religious Environmentalism
Religious Environmentalist Discourse
religious politics environment
RSS
Sacred Groves
SMF.
sustainable development India
Tamil Nadu
Tehri Dam
wisdom
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780754655886
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 25 Jun 2009
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book is concerned with the argument that religious traditions are inherently environmentally friendly. Yet in a developing country such as India, the majority of people cannot afford to put the 'Earth first' regardless of the extent to which this idea can be supported by their religious traditions. Does this mean that the linking of religion and environmental concerns is a strategy more suited to contexts where people have a level of material security that enables them to think and act like environmentalists? This question is approached through a series of case studies from Britain and India. The book concludes that there is a tension between the 'romantic' ecological discourse common among many western activists and scholars, and a more pragmatic approach, which is often found in India. The adoption of environmental causes by the Hindu Right in India makes it difficult to distinguish genuine concern for the environment from the broader politics surrounding the idea of a Hindu rashtra (nation). This raises a further level of analysis, which has not been provided in other studies.
Dr Emma Tomalin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Leeds, UK.
