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Nature and Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective

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Editors:
  1. Anne Buttimer

    1. Department of Geography, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland

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  2. Luke Wallin

    1. The Center for Policy Analysis, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, N. Dartmouth, USA

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Part of the book series: GeoJournal Library (GEJL, volume 48)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Nature, Home and Horizon

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N1-N1
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    2. Reflections on the History of Western Attitudes to Nature

      • Clarence J. Glacken
      Pages 1-17

    3. Ideas of Nature in East Asian Lands

      • Hajime Nakamura
      Pages 19-49

    4. Japan’s Traditional View of Nature and Interpretation of Landscape

      • M. Senda
      Pages 51-61

    5. Indian Attitudes Towards Nature

      • R. C. Pandeya
      Pages 63-68

    6. Nature and Cosmic Integrity: A Search in Hindu Geographical Thought

      • Rana P. B. Singh
      Pages 69-86

    7. World Views of Arab Geographers

      • Hassan Hanafi
      Pages 87-94

    8. Perspectives on the Contributions of Arabs and Muslims to Geography

      • EL-Sayed EL-Bushra, Muhammad M. Muhammadain
      Pages 95-113
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Nature and Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective presents 20 essays which explore diverse cultural interpretations of the earth's surface. Contrasted with each other and with the potentially cosmopolitan culture of science, these detailed studies of ways in which different cultures conceptualise nature appear in the context of global environmental change.
Understanding across cultural lines has never been more important. This book shows how individual cultures see their own histories as offering protection for nature, while often viewing others as lacking such ethical restraints. Through such writing a discourse of understanding and common action becomes possible. The authors come from the places they discuss, and offer passionate as well as scholarly visions of nature within their cultural homes.
Audience: This volume is of interest to academics and professionals working in the fields of cultural geography, environmental history, environmental studies, history of environmental ideas, environmental education, landscape and literature, nature and culture. It can be used for courses in the above-mentioned areas and seminars in comparative literature. It can also be used as a complimentary text to provide cultural context to literary readings, and for seminars on cultural aspects of the environment.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland

    Anne Buttimer

  • The Center for Policy Analysis, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, N. Dartmouth, USA

    Luke Wallin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nature and Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective

  • Editors: Anne Buttimer, Luke Wallin

  • Series Title: GeoJournal Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2392-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5651-6Published: 31 July 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5195-0Published: 04 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2392-3Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-5499

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0072

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 360

  • Topics: Human Geography, Environmental Management, Nature Conservation, Philosophy of Nature, History, general

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