| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 545 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
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illustration |
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map |
| Series |
Ecology and ethics, 2198-9729 |
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Ecology and ethics (Springer (Firm)), 2198-9729
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| Contents |
General introduction : becoming weavers : worldviews, society, and ecology -- Mira Behn : when the spirit becomes the guide -- Sarala Behn : she who dwelt among the untrodden ways -- Gandhi and science? Rethinking science, technology, and development the Gandhian way -- Off the beaten path : Mira Behn and Himalayan environment and development -- From reform to revolution : Sarala Behn, Nai Talim, and the rise of local women's power -- Saving the forests : ecology in Sarvodaya -- Protesting the dam : vision of a permanent economy -- Beauty, wonder, and sustainability : reconnecting humans to nature for "durable harmony" -- Holistic education and practical spirituality for human-nature harmony -- Bridging divides : the living legends of the Behns |
| Summary |
This book is about Madeleine Slade (1892-1982) and Catherine Mary Heilemann (1901-1982), two English associates of Mohandas K. (Mahatma) Gandhi (1869-1948), known in India as Mira Behn and Sarala Behn. The odysseys of these women present a counternarrative to the forces of imperialism, colonialism, capitalism, and globalized development. The book examines their extraordinary journey to India to work with Gandhi and their roles in Indias independence movement, their spiritual strivings, their independent work in the Himalayas, and most importantly, their contribution to the evolution of Gandhian philosophy of socio-economic reconstruction and environmental conservation in the present Indian state of Uttarakhand. The author shows that these women developed ideas and practices that drew from an extensive intellectual terrain that cannot be limited to Gandhis work. She delineates directions in which Gandhian thought and experiments in rural development work and visions of a new society evolved through the lives, activism, and written contributions of these two women. Their thought and practice generated a new cultural consciousness on sustainability that had a key influence in environmental debates in India and beyond and were responsible for two of the most important environmental movements of India and the world: the Chipko Movement or the movement against commercial green felling of trees by hugging them, and the protest against the Tehri high dam on the Bhagirathi River. To this day, their teachings and philosophies constitute a useful and significant contribution to the search for and implementation of global ideas of ecological conservation and human development |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 28, 2022) |
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Mirabehn, 1892-1982
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Sarala Devi, 1901-1982
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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Influence
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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 |
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Mirabehn, 1892-1982 |
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Sarala Devi, 1901-1982 |
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Chipko movement.
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Environmentalists -- Biography
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Women environmentalists -- India
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Women social reformers -- India
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Environmentalism -- Philosophy
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Ecofeminism.
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Chipko movement
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Ecofeminism
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Environmentalism -- Philosophy
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Environmentalists
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Women environmentalists
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Women social reformers
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India
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783030954314 |
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3030954315 |
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