Environmentalism : the view from anthropology /

Other Authors: Milton, Kay,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.
Series:ASA monographs ; 32
Subjects:
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Cover -- ASA Monographs 32 -- Environmentalism -- Contents -- Illustrations -- FIGURES AND MAPS -- TABLES -- Contributors -- Editor's preface -- Introduction -- ENVIRONMENTALISM AS A SOCIAL COMMITMENT -- ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE QUEST FOR A VIABLE FUTURE -- ENVIRONMENTALISM AS AN OBJECT OF ANALYSIS -- ANTHROPOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 1 Environmentalism -- THE EMERGENCE OF AN ORTHODOXY -- AN 'ALTERNATIVE' -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 Globes and spheres -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 Between science and shamanism -- ADVOCACY AND ENVIRONMENTAL NGOs -- FINANCE AND ORGANIZATION -- FIVE SHADES OF GREEN -- FIRST NATIONS AND EnvironmentALISTS -- ICONIC PRAXIS -- BETWEEN SCIENCE AND SHAMANISM -- CO-OPTATION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 Standing in for nature -- LIMITATIONS ON SCIENCE AS A 'STAND-IN' FOR NATURE -- VARIATIONS IN THE ROLE OF SCIENCE AS A 'STAND-IN' -- PRACTICALITIES OF A SCIENTIFIC ETHOS -- PRACTICAL DRAWBACKS OF A SCIENTIFIC ETHOS -- GREEN GROUPS WITHOUT A SCIENTIFIC ANCESTRY AND ETHOS -- STANDING IN FOR SCIENCE -- CONCLUDING DISCUSSION: THE IMPACT OF OUTSIDE INSTITUTIONS ON GREENS' USES OF SCIENCE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 All animals are equal but some are cetaceans -- ECOCENTRISM, ANTHROPOCENTRISM AND WHALES -- WHALE MYTHS AND METAPHORS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 The making of an environmental doctrine -- THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE -- THE SHREWSBURY RIVER CASE -- 'TO TRY THE RIGHT' -- IMPLICATIONS AND EXPANSION OF PUBLIC TRUST IN AMERICA -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 The precautionary principle -- BACKGROUND TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN BRITAIN -- THE NEED FOR SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING IN LEGISIATION -- THE NEED FOR SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING IN ADMINISTRATION -- THE NEED FOR SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING IN THE COURTS -- SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCIENTIST AND POLICY-MAKER -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 Tribal metaphorization of human-nature relatedness -- THE FIRST CASE: 'SEXUAL RELATEDNESS' -- THE SECOND CASE: 'PROCREATION' -- THE THIRD CASE: 'NAME-SAKE' -- THE FOURTH CASE: 'ADULT-CHILD CARING' -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 Rhetoric, practice and incentive in the face of the changing times -- A BRIEF HISTORY OF NUAULU LAND TENURE, 1850-1980 -- THE EFFECTS OF LOGGING AND IMMIGRATION -- THE TRANSMIGRATION PROGRAMME AND RESETTLEMENT ALONG THE NUA-RUATAN VALLEY -- THE EFFECTS OF RECENT CHANGES ON FOREST EXTRACTION -- NUAULU CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF FOREST -- OF COMMONS AND CONSERVATION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 Natural symbols and natural history -- ANIMALS AS ANIMALS AND IN SOCIAL THOUGHT -- PETS AND PRIMATES -- KOLI-HINDA (LEOPARD BUSINESS) -- MENDE PRIMATOLOGY -- ELEPHANTS, RICE AND IVORY TRUMPETS -- THE ONTOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE ELEPHANT. 
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650 0 |a Environmental policy. 
650 0 |a Applied anthropology. 
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