Environmental Philosophy in Asian Traditions of Thought

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Environmental Philosophy in Asian Traditions of Thought provides a welcome sequel to the foundational volume in Asian environmental ethics Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought. That volume, edited by J. Baird Callicott and Roger T. Ames and published in 1989, inaugurated comparative environmental ethics, adding Asian thought on the natural world to the developing field of environmental philosophy. This new book, edited by Callicott and James McRae, includes some of the best articles in environmental philosophy from the perspective of Asian thought written more recently, some of which appear in print for the first time.

Leading scholars draw from the Indian, Chinese, and Japanese traditions of thought to provide a normative ethical framework that can address the environmental challenges being faced in the twenty-first century. Hindu, Buddhist, Confucian, and Daoist approaches are considered along with those of Zen, Japanese Confucianism, and the contemporary philosophy of the Kyoto School. An investigation of environmental philosophy in these Asian traditions not only challenges Western assumptions, but also provides an understanding of Asian philosophy, religion, and culture that informs contemporary environmental law and policy.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Section I: Environmental Philosophy in Indian Traditions of Thought

1. Environment and Environmental Philosophy in India
George Alfred James

2. Ātman, Identity, and Emanation: Arguments for a Hindu Environmental Ethic
Christopher Framarin

3. Gandhi’s Contributions to Environmental Thought and Action
Bart Gruzalski

4. Acting with Compassion: Buddhism, Feminism, and the Environmental Crisis
Stephanie Kaza

5. Against Holism: Rethinking Buddhist Environmental Ethics
Simon P. James

6. Causation and ‘Telos’: The Problem of Buddhist Environmental Ethics
Ian Harris

Section II: Environmental Philosophy in Chinese Traditions of Thought

7. The Relevance of Chinese Neo-Confucianism for the Reverence of Nature
Mary Evelyn Tucker

8. Beyond Naturalism: A Reconstruction of Daoist Environmental Ethics
R. P. Peerenboom

9. Conceptual Foundations for Environmental Ethics: A Daoist Perspective
Karyn L. Lai

10. Process Ecology and the ‘Ideal’ Dao
Alan Fox

11. The Viability (Dao) and Virtuosity (De) of Daoist Ecology: Reversion (Fu) as Renewal
Sandra A. Wawrytko

12. Ecology, Aesthetics, and Daoist Body Cultivation
James Miller

Section III: Environmental Philosophy in Japanese Traditions of Thought

13. The Japanese Concept of Nature in Relation to Environmental Ethics and Conservation Aesthetics of Aldo Leopold
Steve Odin

14. Dōgen, Deep Ecology, and the Ecological Self
Deane Curtin

15. Conservation Ethics and the Japanese Intellectual Tradition
David Edward Shaner and R. Shannon Duval

16. From Symbiosis (Kyōsei) to the Ontology of ‘Arising Both from Oneself and from Another’ (Gūshō)
Hiroshi Abe

17. The Confucian Environmental Ethics of Ogyū Sorai: A Three-Level, Eco-humanistic Interpretation
Tomosaburō Yamauchi

18. Triple-Negation: Watsuji Tetsurō on the Sustainability of Ecosystems, Economies, and International Peace
James McRae

Afterword: Recontextualizing the Self in Comparative Environmental Philosophy
J. Baird Callicott

Contributors
Index

Sujets

• East Asian religions
• Applied ecology

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• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 11 mars 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781438452029
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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Environmental Philosophy in Asian Traditions of Thought
E DITED BY
J. Baird Callicott and James McRae
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Environmental philosophy in Asian traditions of thought/edited by J. Baird Callicott and James McRae. pages cm “Conceived as a sequel to Nature in Asian traditions of thought”—Preface. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4384-5201-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Environmental sciences—Asia—Philosophy. 2. Environmentalism—Asia—Philosophy. 3. Environmental ethics—Asia. 4. Philosophy, Asian. I. Callicott, J. Baird, editor of collaboration. II. McRae, James, editor of collaboration. III. James, George Alfred, Environment and environmental philosophy in India. IV. Nature in Asian traditions of thought. Sequel to: GE40.E57 2014 179’.1095—dc23
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We dedicate this book to Roger T. Ames: A gifted scholar, a trusted friend, and an exemplar of Confucian virtue. Mahalo nui loa.
Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section I: Environmental Philosophy in Indian Traditions of Thought
1. George Alfred James, “Environment and Environmental Philosophy in India”
2. Christopher Framarin, “ Ātman , Identity, and Emanation: Arguments for a Hindu Environmental Ethic”
3. Bart Gruzalski, “Gandhi’s Contributions to Environmental Thought and Action”
4. Stephanie Kaza, “Acting with Compassion: Buddhism, Feminism, and the Environmental Crisis”
5. Simon P. James, “Against Holism: Rethinking Buddhist Environmental Ethics”
6. Ian Harris, “Causation and ‘Telos’: The Problem of Buddhist Environmental Ethics”
Section II: Environmental Philosophy in Chinese Traditions of Thought
7. Mary Evelyn Tucker, “The Relevance of Chinese Neo-Confucianism for the Reverence of Nature”
8. R. P. Peerenboom, “Beyond Naturalism: A Reconstruction of Daoist Environmental Ethics”
9. Karyn L. Lai, “Conceptual Foundations for Environmental Ethics: A Daoist Perspective”
10. Alan Fox, “Process Ecology and the ‘Ideal’ Dao”
11. Sandra A. Wawrytko, “The Viability ( Dao ) and Virtuosity ( De ) of Daoist Ecology: Reversion ( Fu ) as Renewal”
12. James Miller, “Ecology, Aesthetics and Daoist Body Cultivation”
Section III: Environmental Philosophy in Japanese Traditions of Thought
13. Steve Odin, “The Japanese Concept of Nature in Relation to the Environmental Ethics and Conservation Aesthetics of Aldo Leopold”
14. Deane Curtin, “Dōgen, Deep Ecology, and the Ecological Self”
15. David Edward Shaner and R. Shannon Duval, “Conservation Ethics and the Japanese Intellectual Tradition”
16. Hiroshi Abe, “From Symbiosis ( Kyōsei ) to the Ontology of ‘Arising Both from Oneself and from Another’ ( Gūshō )”
17. Tomosaburō Yamauchi, “The Confucian Environmental Ethics of Ogyū Sorai: A Three-Level, Eco-humanistic Interpretation”
18. James McRae, “Triple-Negation: Watsuji Tetsurō on the Sustainability of Ecosystems, Economies, and International Peace”
Afterword: J. Baird Callicott, “Recontextualizing the Self in Comparative Environmental Philosophy”
Contributors
Index
Preface

Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought , edited by J. Baird Callicott and Roger T. Ames, was published by SUNY Press in 1989. It remains in print more than twenty years later. In the two decades that have since elapsed, the field of “comparative environmental philosophy,” which Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought inaugurated, has expanded and matured. Environmental Philosophy in Asian Traditions of Thought is conceived as a sequel to Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought . All eighteen papers included in this volume were written after 1989. All but four were originally published in widely scattered venues; those four exceptions appear here for the first time.
The idea for this book was conceived during September, 2007 in Fulton, Missouri at Westminster College’s second Annual Symposium on Democracy—which was focused, that year, on the theme of “The Environment: Prospects for Sustainability.” J. Baird Callicott was a speaker at the symposium. James McRae, a member of Westminster College’s Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religious Studies, introduced Callicott and his talk for the symposium. After Callicott’s talk, McRae mentioned that he used Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought as a textbook in his environmental ethics course. He also mentioned that he had written his doctoral dissertation under the direction of its co-editor, Roger Ames. Callicott was pleased to hear that. It’s always good to know that one’s books are taught in the classroom. And McRae’s personal connection with Callicott’s good friend and colleague was a pleasant surprise.
Personal pleasantries aside, Callicott thought that a companion volume to Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought , representing newer work in the field, would also be useful to students and their instructors. Just as important, it could synergistically juxtapose the best new work in comparative environmental philosophy and thus stimulate further development of the field. McRae’s doctorate is from the world’s premier program in comparative philosophy at the University of Hawai‘i, where students receive rigorous training, including language training, in various traditions of Asian thought. Callicott believed that he had found in McRae the perfect co-editor for this volume. Callicott could bring his up-to-date expertise in environmental philosophy to the project, McRae could bring his in comparative philosophy. Moreover, for a second-generation book—the son of Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought , as it were—what could be better than for one of the editors to be a member of the second generation of comparative environmental philosophers? In subsequent correspondence, Callicott proposed the project and McRae agreed to be his co-editor.
We, Callicott and McRae, the aspiring editors of what would become this book, then began to look for work of exemplary quality by gifted and expert scholars. Of course, there was an embarrassment of riches and the hardest part of the editorial process was to boil down the list of potential items for inclusion. Those included would have to fit into a single volume and it was imperative that we make sure that those that made their way into the volume were the best of the lot. In the meantime, another one of Callicott’s books, Earth’s Insights: A Multicultural Survey of Ecological Ethics from the Mediterranean Basin to the Australian Outback , was in process of being translated into Japanese. That book, first published in 1994, is based in part on the work of the scholars in Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought . The translation project introduced us to Tomosaburō Yamauchi and Hiroshi Abe, two Japanese philosophers, who enthusiastically agreed to contribute essays to the collection. Yamauchi’s is published here for the first time.
Once we had made our selections, we organized them into a table of contents, drafted a prospectus, and sent both to Jane Bunker, then the Associate Director and Editor-in-Chief of the State University of New York Press, the publisher of Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought . She immediately saw the value of our proposed sequel and turned the project over to Nancy Ellegate, SUNY Press’s acquisitions editor for Asian studies. We thank Ms. Bunker for her support for the project and Ms. Ellegate for her expert assistance in seeing the book through the process of production. In the meanwhile, Jane Bunker took a job at another press and was succeeded by co-Directors Donna Dixon and James Peltz, who generously helped move the project through the review process.
This anthology, as noted, contains both new articles and essays that were previously published in leading journals in the fields of environmental ethics and Asian and comparative philosophy: George Alfred James’s “Environment and Environmental Philosophy in India” appears for the first time in this collection. Christopher Framarin’s “Ātman, Identity, and Emanation: Arguments for a Hindu Environmental Ethic” was first published in Comparative Philosophy 2.1 (2011): 3–24. “Gandhi’s Contributions to Environmental Thought and Action” by Bart Gruzalski was first published in Environmental Ethics 24 (2002): 227–42. Stephanie Kaza’s “Acting With Compassion: Buddhism, Feminism