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Explores the nonviolent philosophy and environmental activism of India's Sunderlal Bahuguna.

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Author:   George Alfred James
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.572kg
ISBN:  

9781438446738

ISBN 10:   143844673
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   01 July 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Encounter 2. The Childhood of an Activist 3. Going Underground 4. The Short Career of an Activist Politician 5. Meeting Mira Behn 6. Marriage and the Parvatiya Navjeevan Ashram 7. Embracing the Trees 8. Modes of Chipko Resistance 9. A Permanent Economy 10. Chipko Ecology: Shallow or Deep? 11. Srinagar to Kohima: An Educational Mission 12. Protesting the Tehri Dam 13. Social Ecology, Religion, and the Tehri Protest 14. Against the Tide: Bahuguna's Philosophy of Life, Religion, and Nature Appendix 1: Some Critical Dates in the History of Modern India and the Activism of Sunderlal Bahuguna Appendix 2: Arguments of the Petitioners in the Public Interest Litigation against the Tehri Dam Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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George Alfred James is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion Studies at the University of North Texas. He is the author of Interpreting Religion: The Phenomenological Approaches of Pierre Daniel Chantepie de la Saussaye, W. Brede Kristensen, and Gerardus van der Leeuw and the editor of Ethical Perspectives on Environmental Issues in India.

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