عنوان

Conflicting Outlooks?

Number

LA129735

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Conflicting Outlooks?

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Ole Bruun

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

Despite years of international criticism and domestic policy making, China still plays a key role in illegal wildlife trafficking. Although the country has begun a transition from the mindless exploitation of nature towards an envisioned Ecological Civilisation, basic tenets in traditional medicine and popular cosmology continue to have highly adverse ecological consequences, both at home and abroad. Evaluating recent trends in international wildlife trade, Chinese policy making, and popular cosmology in China, this article aims to throw light on why wildlife substances continue to play such important role in the modern society, as well as to reflect on the preconditions for broader value change. The article goes on to argue that in order to get a better understanding on how nature and wildlife are viewed in a Chinese context, one is compelled to reflect not only on the impact of popular cosmology but also of authoritarian governance on conservation. Despite years of international criticism and domestic policy making, China still plays a key role in illegal wildlife trafficking. Although the country has begun a transition from the mindless exploitation of nature towards an envisioned Ecological Civilisation, basic tenets in traditional medicine and popular cosmology continue to have highly adverse ecological consequences, both at home and abroad. Evaluating recent trends in international wildlife trade, Chinese policy making, and popular cosmology in China, this article aims to throw light on why wildlife substances continue to play such important role in the modern society, as well as to reflect on the preconditions for broader value change. The article goes on to argue that in order to get a better understanding on how nature and wildlife are viewed in a Chinese context, one is compelled to reflect not only on the impact of popular cosmology but also of authoritarian governance on conservation.

Date of Publication

2020

Physical description

129-155

Title

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

Volume Number

24/2

International Standard Serial Number

1568-5357

Subject Term

authoritarianism

Subject Term

China

Subject Term

ecology

Subject Term

popular cosmology

Subject Term

wildlife trade

Ole Bruun

Call Number

10.1163/15685357-20201005

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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