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1 online resource (191 p.) |
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Environment and Society in Asia |
| Contents |
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Frances Moore Lappé -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Three Grassroots Movements That Made a Global Impact -- Principles of Environmental Philosophy -- (1) Environmental Justice -- (2) Intergenerational Equality -- (3) Respect for Nature -- 1. Historical and Cultural Contexts in India -- 1.1 'Legal' Destruction of India's Forests -- 1.1.1 Acts Spark Peasant Protests -- 1.2 A Cultural Leader Emerges -- 1.2.1 Nonviolence and Gandhi's Truth -- 1.2.2 How Chipko Followed Hinduism through Gandhi |
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1.2.3 How NBA Followed Hinduism through Gandhi -- 1.2.4 How Navdanya Followed Hinduism through Gandhi -- 1.2.5 Ecology and Social Justice -- 1.3 Conclusion -- Works Cited -- 2. Chipko (Hug the Trees) Movement -- 2.1 A Physical Act of Survival -- 2.1.1 Sacred Texts and Social Justice -- 2.2 Preconditions and Formation of the Chipko Movement -- 2.2.1 Workers Organize for Nonviolent Action -- 2.2.2 Suffering by Means of Fasting and Foot March -- 2.3 Laudable Leaders -- 2.3.1 Women's Role in the Chipko Movement -- 2.4 Critical Reception of the Chipko Movement |
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2.4.1 Questions about Chipko's Popularity and Success -- 2.5 Conclusion -- Works Cited -- 3. Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA): Save the Narmada -- 3.1 The Common Good in a Cost-Benefit Analysis -- 3.1.1 A Recursive History of Dam-Building -- 3.2 Regional Tensions from the Start -- 3.2.1 Amid Unrest, NGOs Align to Form NBA -- 3.2.2 National and Global Ramifications -- 3.3 Gender and the Narmada Case -- 3.3.1 Roles for Displaced Women -- 3.4 Gendered Dimensions of Neoliberal Capitalist Development -- 3.5 Reasons for the Success of the NBA -- 3.6 Conclusion -- Works Cited |
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4. Navdanya (Nine Seeds) Movement -- 4.1 The Terrible Human Toll of GM Crops -- 4.1.1 Shifting Economics -- 4.2 Emergence of Anti-GM Movements -- 4.2.1 KRRS: Fiery Fields of Protest -- 4.2.2 Gene Campaign: Secure Food and Climate -- 4.2.3 Navdanya's Holistic Approach -- 4.3 Food Sovereignty -- 4.3.1 Biodiverse Organic Farming -- 4.4 Biodiversity and Climate Change -- 4.4.1 Entrepreneurial Renewal -- 4.5 Navdanya and Social Justice -- 4.5.1 Civil Disobedience -- 4.5.2 Human Right to Food -- 4.5.3 Protecting the Global South -- 4.6 Shiva's View of Earth Democracy |
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4.7 Genetically Modified Crops and the Future -- 4.8 Conclusion -- Works Cited -- 5. Moral Implications of Environmental Movements -- 5.1 The Mesmerizing Power of Nonviolence -- 5.1.1 An Ecological Warrior -- 5.1.2 Truth at All Costs -- 5.2 Defining Views of Globalism -- 5.2.1 Technological Prowess -- 5.3 Core Values of Development Ethics -- 5.3.1 Environmental Justice for All -- 5.4 Ecofeminism: Ethics of Mutual Care and Connection -- 5.4.1 Ecofeminist Roots in the Chipko Movement -- 5.4.2 Southern Materialist Ecofeminism -- 5.5 Conclusion -- Works Cited -- 6. Hindu Ethics and Ecology |
| Summary |
In her detailed retelling of three iconic movements in India, Professor Emerita Krishna Mallick, PhD, gives hope to grassroots activists working toward environmental justice. Each movement deals with a different crisis and affected population: Chipko, famed for tree-hugging women in the Himalayan forest; Narmada, for villagers displaced by a massive dam; and Navdanya, for hundreds of thousands of farmers whose livelihoods were lost to a compact made by the Indian government and neoliberal purveyors of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Relentlessly researched, the book presents these movements in a framework that explores Hindu Vedic wisdom, as well as Development Ethics, Global Environment Ethics, Feminist Care Ethics, and the Capability Approach. At a moment when the climate threatens populations who live closest to nature--and depend upon its fodder for heat, its water for life, and its seeds for food--Mallick shows how nonviolent action can give poor people an effective voice |
| Analysis |
Environmental movements of India, Environmental Justice, Sustainability, Women's issues, Nonviolence, Gandhian Satyagraha |
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6.1 Historical Background of Hinduism |
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Narmada Bachao Andolan.
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Navdanya (Organization)
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Narmada Bachao Andolan fast |
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Navdanya (Organization) fast |
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Environmentalism -- India
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Social movements -- India.
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Chipko movement.
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Revolutionary groups and movements.
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Environmentalist thought and ideology.
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NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
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Chipko movement
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Environmentalism
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Social movements
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789048535095 |
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9048535093 |
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