Environmental Movements of India : : Chipko, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Navdanya / / Krishna Mallick.
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 fo...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Environment and Society in Asia ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Glossary -- Introduction -- 1. Historical and Cultural Contexts in India -- 2. Chipko (Hug the Trees) Movement -- 3. Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA): Save the Narmada -- 4. Navdanya (Nine Seeds) Movement -- 5. Moral Implications of Environmental Movements -- 6. Hindu Ethics and Ecology -- Conclusion -- Index |
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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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9789048535095 9783110743227 9783110743357 9783110754001 9783110753776 9783110754148 9783110753912 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9789048535095?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Krishna Mallick. |